This was a super cold weekend, but we bundled up and had a GREAT time!
Fri night was crazy windy, so we stayed home and watched the fireworks from Katie's window. We're so lucky to be so close to downtown! The fireworks were super loud even from in the house, that they knocked down two things from Katie's wall!
Sat night we ventured downtown to see the lights, ice sculptures, and fireworks. Wind chill advisory be damned, our downtown was packed and we had an awesome time!
We took a horse drawn carriage ride! Free, like everything at the festival!
It started snowing hard right before the fireworks began. We watched them from the top of the Farmers Market lot. Great view of the fireworks, as well as the tubing, ice skating, and live music stage!
The girls had fun sliding down this hill on their butts:
Fireworks for 15 min!
Girls on a park bench. We have a lot of snow. Tubing is going on behind them.
Climbing one of the many snow mountains:
After church today, we went back for more fun! Sure, it was only 7 degrees, windy, and snowing. But we are tough!
Tubing down the 3rd St hill:
We all tried cross country skiing!
And snowshoeing!
Warming up in a tent, while waiting for dog sledding.
Chris and Katie getting a dogsled ride:
The only activity we didn't do was ice skating on the outdoor rink. It is really snowing hard today, so the skating wouldn't be so great. Also, we just went to the indoor rink on Friday (snow day), and can skate outside at two local ponds anytime. I have a feeling they're going to stay frozen for a long time. :(
We ended our fun day with a late lunch at Sumo Sushi, of course! Now we're lounging at home, reading, napping, and playing iThings.
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How did the snowshoeing and cross country go? I would like to try. Brian thought snowshoeing would be easier.
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