A Perfect Day for Some Winter Fun

Finally, this weekend it was warm enough to have some good old fashioned winter fun. On Saturday, we trekked out to the hunting shack to go sliding with the kids. This is only the second time this year that we've gone sliding, and the kids just love it. After several times down the hill with us, they were ready to go whizzing down by themselves. Henry loved to say "Yee haw!" as he was going down the hill. He had to go ALL the way to the VERY bottom--over the little hill at the bottom of the big hill. Isabelle loved that the snow was wet enough to go down without getting whitewashed (I'm not going to lie; I definitely like it better this way too!) They both walked up a few times, but also enjoyed getting pulled while giving Mom and Dad a workout. Hey, we know we need the workout, so we'll take it!

Did I mention that the hunting "shack", aka The Ugly Buck Inn, has a woodstove, cooking stove, TV (during the season), satellite, couches, cabinets (with their Ugly Buck logo woodburned on them) and even a mural? Yup, that shack is very well-loved by my uncles, dad, brothers, and lone female hunter Ann (who painted the mural and even made camoflauge curtains!) It's the perfect place to warm up, nurse a baby, and enjoy some hot cocoa (that would be hot cho-co to Isabelle, and arguably the best part of going sliding!)

Inside and outside the shack

Ann's mural on the inside of the shack

So, even though my dad was disappointed that we didn't make the record books for being below freezing the whole month of January, I'll take this forty degree day and all the fun that came with it!