The next day we weren't in a hurry.
We drove up to the Lava Tubes only to find that the road was closed.
9 mile hike round trip. Yeah that wasn't going to happen. It would have been dark on our way out.
We had passed the ski lifts on our way there so we decided to go see if we could ride the ski lifts and hike to the look out at the top. (this is the same place that I discovered Avary has a fear of heights, when we are half way up the mountain and we were stuck) Only after getting there finding out it was way too expensive for nine people.
We decided the best thing to do was to just pull over and play in the snow.
Not surprised at all to see that Avary found a tree to climb.
That girl.
As you can see that turned out to be a great idea:)
The kids had so much fun.
I love how peaceful it is when there is snow on the ground and the sun through the trees and that fresh smell. I could have used a hammock and taken a nap.
I love this picture of Kade trying to hide behind the Charlie Brown tree after throwing a snow ball at Will.
After getting to the hotel we realized there was an indoor pool and hot tub.
I don't know why we didn't pack our swim suits when it is freezing out.
We had an interesting trip to the walmart there to grab anything we could swim in. The selection was slim.
It was probably a good idea that Will didn't tell me there was a target there.
We took the kids swimming that night.....
The thing about an indoor pool is that every tiny little noise echos in there and ends up sounding so unbelievably loud. And when the kids are playing they are already loud, so I pretty much couldn't relax cause I was so concerned about disturbing people. Although I think the hot tub does an aching body some good. Maybe not as much with kids splashing water in your face constantly.
I think the swimming was one of the kids favorite things.
