Snowshoeing...

Snow dumped on Cleveland almost the entire day yesterday. Our friends called us yesterday morning to see if we wanted to go snowshoeing with them and we took them up on the offer. This was our first time snowshoeing and it was tons of fun. We had sleds with ropes hooked onto the front and we pulled the kids on the sleds while we walked. They loved it. And it was snowing the entire time so that made it a better experience too. I really wish i had some pictures to share. Whenever there was a little hill for us to go down Shane jumped on the sled with Gavin and went sledding down the hill with him. It was so funny to watch because Shane got a little wild trying to run to get a good start so that they could go fast down the hill, then when Shane jumped on Gavin's beanie hat came all the way down his face to his lips. He was laughing the whole way down even though he couldn't see a thing. It was so funny to watch. Tanner's little cheeks got so cold that they started turning purple. It wasn't too cold, BUT he kept trying to eat snow so i think that is why his cheeks were turning purple. Half way through we stopped at a bench on the path and we pulled out our snacks and our friends pulled out their hot chocolate for all of us to share. Then when we made it back to the hut where we had to return our snowshoes we sat down by the fireplace, poored oursevles some hot chocolate that the place provides and just chatted. It was so much fun and we can't wait to do it again. I think Shane and i will have to go on a date and do the cross country skiing there. They had lights all through the path and so it appeared that we could go when it is dark out, but the path would be lit. What a cool date that would be.