A Fun End to 2009

While the Grandmothers were still here, we took them up Mt. Lemmon in Tucson for a little sledding. They both said that they believed that there was snow up there - somewhere - but only because we told them there was snow on that mountain. It is truly odd to start off in the desert where it's 60+ degrees and go up a few thousand feet to 40 degrees and snow.

We went to the same spot we did last year
That's a tree behind Grace and Grandma Judi - it cut off about half of our sledding slope, but it made for a great hill for the kids.
Grace was first to go - she is showing no fear towards a lot of things lately.

Tristan didn't have a problem going down by himself either

It looked like so much fun that Grandma decided to make a go of it too

The big hill last year was a little more exciting, but this hill didn't make my heart pound every time I looked down to the bottom

David found a steeper slope to try

Tristan eventually got bored with sledding and decided it would be more fun to play in the trees

Grace wanted Grandma to go down next to her. But as she was getting on the sled it got away from her...

...and she ended up wiping out - all with a smile and a lot of laughter though!

Tristan was such a gentleman when one of the girl's sleds got away from them. He started running down the hill to catch it and towed it back up to her.

Despite her wipe out, she was a trooper and took Tristan down again.

Grace and Daddy returning from the big hill - I don't know how far it went or how steep it was because they disappeared from sight pretty quickly!

We all had a great time and enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate when we got back to Tucson.