Snow Trip

We have been telling the boys all winter that we would go up and see the snow sometime. So, despite a few other things going on this weekend, we went ahead and made the trek up to Flagstaff. We drove up Friday and after finding our reserved motel without a working pool and older than the pictures indicated, we drove around until we found a new place to stay. We found the Embassy Suites and got a 1 bedroom suite (1 king bed in the bedroom and then a living room with sleeper sofa/mini kitchen). The suites are really the only way to stay with three little ones.After breakfast at the hotel (including custom omelets :), we headed out to the snow. We found a nearly-empty location, but walked around looking for somewhere to sled, drenching our jeans in the process. Jared ending up pulling the boys on the sled around the flat part. So, we ditched the snow and went to the mall. I did some shopping while Jared watched the kids (Thanks, hon!).
We decided when we woke up on Sunday morning that we just had not had the true snow experience, so we decided to try one more time. We drove up the mountain, not quite as far this time, into the organized snowplay area (it was 1/2 price at $5 per car). There were some bare spots, but overall a great time was had by all. We all took our turns sledding and then the boys (mostly Jared) hi-jacked someone else’s abandoned snowman bottom, to help the boys make a snowman. You can see that it wasn’t the world’s most beautiful snowman, but they were so proud of it!