Sledding trip gone bad...

We had great intentions in taking the kids on a snow trip. I spent hours getting all the snow crap and food ready. We had grand plans- We were going to make a little "camp" with a fire for the baby and I, Cindy and who ever else wanted to rest from their endless sledding. We were going to chill and have fun roasting marsh mellows,having hot chocolate, etc. It was going to be great! Lesson learned- nothing ever goes as planned (we have learned this lesson over and over again, I think we get it)!
1. Before we even left our sunny home in Phoenix, Christian and Chase were fighting about who got to go in the Winters' car. Name calling, hitting and someone in a head lock ended them both in our car the whole trip sitting nice and snug right next to each other.
2. In the rage of all the fighting, Dan forgot our camp chairs. He realized this about 15 minutes after we left so we made a stop at Walmart to get new chairs.
3. We get to our sledding place only to find that it has been shut down- darn economy (we like to blame the economy for everything in our house).
4. We go further up to Flagstaff until we can't drive any further- we cant see the road anymore and the snowfall is getting pretty bad. By this time the kids have eaten almost all the food we brought and they are sick of being in the car.
5. We turn around and find a spot off the side of the road that looks decent- this is what it looked like...it snowed on us the WHOLE time.

I didn't take many pictures because the sledding didn't last long or I was in the car. To see more pictures you can go to Cindy's blog. The kids did have fun for about 30 minutes. Well, Cooper was awesome he had fun the whole time. As for our grand plans....we did have a fire that was a little smoky most of the time. Colby was in a camp chair and almost fell into the fire. Bart forgot the pot for hot chocolate. We did have smores that were YUMMY! Colby pretty much sat and cried the whole time- he is not a fan of the snow. But, here is a picture of him smiling.

Chase had fun for a little bit.

Cooper had a blast- stayed and sled while his other brothers were crying in the car!

Christian- oh my, this kid.....I have NEVER seen him cry like this before. It was crazy. Once he got cold, it was over! He could have won an academy award for his walk back to the car. It was hysterical! He bawled so loud and then he stopped midway to the car and took off his gloves, dropped in the snow and bawled louder. From "camp" we yelled while we were laughing, "Christian, are you ok?" He turned around giving us the dirtiest look and said, " Shut up you faggots". I have never been so proud! He proceeds to the car and one of his boots falls off! He throws the boot and continues to walk to the car in his sock! From the audience standpoint, it was the best!

Our sweet baby sound asleep in the car.

I think next year Dan and Cooper should take a sledding trip!

More Christmas Break photos to come......I should go to bed now.