My family is a riot! Well, at least we think we are. We always say we are having a great time therefore the people around us aren't. Haha! Our afternoon out sledding ended up being one of these great times. First of all, how can you not laugh and smile when you are sledding? Sitting on a piece of plastic, foamy type stuff, give yourself a push and hope for the best. Whoosh! I'm so happy we just got the kid's ski helmets as there were several crashes, unfortunately Tyler won the prize for the most. Only one left mom with a little bit of a heart attack that quickly went away once he moved. Ugh! See, how can you not have fun sledding?! Peril, danger, laughter, tears from said laughter, etc.
We like to go sledding at the local middle school. There is a great hill behind it that runs into a good sized field for a long run to the bottom. There is a also a shorter hill that sometimes has a great berm (mom finds it a hazard!) plowed up at the bottom that made for great jumps that had be be nixed after awhile because of too many wrecks. We (I) like this hill because you can park on the street right at the top so when you (mom) gets cold you can climb into the car and turn the heater on. When we got to the sledding hill we were the only ones there so the twelve of us had the run of the place and fun was had by all! About an hour into our sledding afternoon we had the great idea that we should run home and grab dad's air mattress that had recently sprung a small leak. So my brother-in-law jumped in his truck and raced home to grab our new "sled". Whitetrash fun decended upon the sledding hill in full force. The best part of our new sled was the sound it made as it "raced" down the hill. It was a slow dragging noise that kind of sounded like a jet engine. It was by NO means fast, but boy did it make you laugh and smile! Maybe we should have greased up the bottom like Chevy Chase in "Christmas Vacation"! Now that would have been fun and a great idea to tuck away for next year. :)
Notice the sleds, four in all, under the mattress to try to give it some speed.
This “sled” offered no speed. My brother’s screams and look of terror were solely for entertainment purposes only! :)
We also did our fair share of racing down the hill on your standard sled. The boys also had snowboards along that provided great wintertime entertainment and fun.
My sisters and me laughing like crazy. This ride ended in a slow motion wreck at the bottom and tears from laughing so hard!
Not hurt! Just being silly!
The whole family enjoying a day of sledding! Perfect!
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