The 1st time we went sledding at Lover's Lookout (about a mile from our home) with the Evans family. There was no other people at the hill, and we loved having it to ourselves and going down over and over and over! Well, except for Kanyon: He said he didn't like his "fat pants" (snow pants), and he refused to go in a sled down the hill, instead he just sat around pouting for most of the time. 
The 2nd time we went to Lover's Lookout again with the Evans, Gonzales, and Jensen families. There were other people at the hill this time, and we only stayed about an hour because it was crowded and noisy. The nice thing about going to Lovers' Lookout is that the hill is wide and long and not very steep. The kids get a good ride out of it, but it's a pain to walk up the big hill, so Josh brings his truck and he drives down to the bottom of the hill to pick up all the kids and their sleds, and then he takes them all back up to the top of the hill. Then he gets out and helps unload them and push them down the hill on their sleds, and he does the routine all over again. Josh is a super guy, and he makes sledding so much fun!!! It's fun to watch him go sledding down the hill, too: he prefers to go in a tube, while I prefer the flat sled.
The 3rd time we went to Lover's Lookout once again, but this time with the Hobbs family. We had the hill to ourselves, and we enjoyed sledding and talking and laughing. My favorite part was when David (the Hobbs dad) pushed Trevyn (who's barely 3) in a sled all by himself for the first time, he laid stiff on his back in the sled and he looked like he was paralyzed--frozen in place with his arms outstretched as he glided down the hill!!! I wish I had a photo of that (I forgot my camera), but there's a good one stored in my memory! After that, lots of the kids wanted to do the "trevyn move", and sledded down laying stiff on their backs with their arms outstretched!! (thanks Gina, for taking photos!)
The 4th time we went sledding with the Lingers and Jones and Williams' at Linger's hill below their home on Christmas Eve. Their hill is short, but steep. And at the bottom of their hill, their driveway cuts across. Right after the driveway is a drop-off: one side it's about 2.5 feet deep, and the other side it's about 5 feet. They covered the steeper part with hay bales to prevent falling off the edge, but the kids kept smacking themselves on the hay. So the kids started sledding on the side of the hill with the shorter drop off after the driveway, and they loved the extra jump it provided! The Lingers had a 4-wheeler that they drove to the bottom of the driveway to pick up kids and bring them to the top, but mostly, they just climbed back up themselves. They were sledding til after dark, and we all loved watching everyone fly off the edge of the driveway at the bottom of the hill! We laughed so much that night!!!
The last time we went was the week between Christmas and New Years, and it was the grand finale of sledding for the month: we went to Lover's Lookout with several families (about 35 people all together), we stayed there for hours, and we took along hot chocolate, camp chairs, and made a fire. Josh was the chauffeur again, and I loved watching as the kids lined up at the bottom of the hill after sledding down, waiting for their driver to come pick them up and take them back to the top! Josh is the best! The whole afternoon was truly enjoyable, and I loved every minute of being on the hillside with friends, being outside, and watching the kids have fun!
2 comments:
Oh that looks like so much fun! We don't have any where to do that around here that I know of so the kids have only done it years ago when we were up there. That is the funnest thing to do next to sledding on a runner sled down a field covered with ice!
We had fun going with you guys wish we could have made it the other 2 times you invited us.
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