snow day!!!

today was a fabulous day! we drove up to mount baldy to play in the snow. on the way, we called my dad to borrow some sleds, but he had none. then, we missed our freeway exit and on our way to turn around, God provided a wonderful sled on the side of the freeway! we continued our journey. we wanted to go to "those really white mountains in front of us", but didn't know which ones those were or how to get there. so we drove north til we could go no further and started east just keeping the mountains in sight. it was an adventure! off the 210 the "mountain ave" exit seemed appropriate, so we took it and it led us straight to where we wanted to go! on our 4 hour (yes, 4 hours) trip up we had fun in the car. we tried a few "short cuts" (as we were in horrendous traffic!). some worked, some required breaking through cables and a 4x4 vehicle. we did not take those. the kids were remarkable considering how long they were in the car! once we got "there" (wherever that was) we pulled over and it was BEAUTIFUL! can you see it???
our God is so amazing! we love to be out in His creation! here's a few photos of the kids...
we sledded on the little hill. sy just hung out in the ergo while mommy pulled ky around in the sled on mostly flat snow. that was her favorite part.

after sledding, kiki wanted to build a snowman. they got a good start and then we took our photo...

with somebody else's finished product. this is what we were envisioning anyway. why reinvent the wheel? after some exploring and a nice snowball fight, it was dark so we headed back to the car. right when we got there it started raining so it was perfect timing! we'd brought hot cocoa and warmed up in the heat of the car.

the kids had a blast. definitely a GREAT day!