We went up to Big Bear for the weekend and there was a ton of snow! Rachel was happy just to play in it all day. The main road up the front of the mountain had been closed for most of the week. They opened it two hours before we left, but we decided to take the old, slower route. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get to the house we rented. It was a very nice home and it fit 8 people comfortably. Thank goodness we decided to bring food to cook that first night. When we got there, we were tired and hungry. We made a scrumptios spaghetti dinner and Kathy made some cookies.
Rachel was actually not feeling too well and I put her to bed. We then watched the last episode of Conan. The next morning Kathy and Natalie were already in the kitchen and I took a quick shower. Natalie made pancakes -- yum, yum -- and then we decided to look for hill in the neighborhood to go sledding.
Rod found one around the corner from our place and we headed over there. However, the snow was just too deep for us adults to traipse up and down. Nathan took off to the top of the hill and he made a few runs before we decided to go to the snow park. So off we went. As we were standing in line for tickets, though, Rachel said she'd rather just sit and watch, so we grabbed a snack and a seat. We passed the time chatting with a mom from Orange County and then Rod came to pick us up.
We went back to the cabin and decided to build the kids their own snow hill. Rod and George worked on that while the rest of us tested their handiwork. Then Rachel and I built a snowman -- my first, too!
Finally, it was time for dinner. We went into town for ribs and surprisingly I couldn't finish mine. Highly unusual. :-) After dinner, we did a little browsing in the shops.
At the cabin, we made s'mores. We let the kids stay up late until Rachel asked me to put her to bed. I actually had planned to get up again to watch a movie, but I guess I was sound asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Sunday morning, it started to sprinkle, so we decided we'd pack up asap. We stopped for a hamburger on the way home and that was our weekend. :-)
4 comments:
Looks like a fun time--so weird to see snow among your posts about 80 degree weather. And your first snowman--congrats! You have no idea how funny that sounded to a Canadian...a grown woman who never made a snowman before? :-) Hope Rachel is now fully recovered. I'm enjoying reading about your family on your blog.
Thanks, Risa! I think this was only the 5th time I've been in snow in my life. Rachel was actually disappointed when she realized it doesn't snow here, but we hope to take her every year. :-)
That looks like fun Cindy! How come there are no pics of you sliding???
Hey, I'm the photographer. :-) I would've done more sledding, but that snowman was alot of work. LOL
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