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Our first warm weather walk.

Monday was such a beautiful day that Melinda and I decided that for Family Home Evening we would take the kids on a walk. I had to work late that day and Melinda had to go teach a piano lesson so Grandma and Nanna-Sue offered to watch the kids and they took them on a walk. So when I got home, Melinda and I met up with them on the great trail that runs along Sundail. It has been a great addition to our neighborhood and I love having it so close to our house.It was great, when Melinda and I showed up, both kids came running up to me shouting daddy and gave me bigs hugs. I love being a daddy.N loves going on his bike.M wanted to try N's bike and Nanna-Sue was so good at helping.

Believe it or not N took this picture (with a little help from daddy but not much) What a good looking bunch of women.

This is all of us who enjoyed our first warm weather walk. This is going to be the first of many. Melinda and I love doing it and so do the kids.

Fun in the snow!

Once again, the snow has kept me home, and I took advantage of it and spent some time in the snow with N. It was so much fun. The community snow hill is at McCarg Elementary School and the slope was good today. Last year, N was to scared to go down the hill. This year, there was no holding back. When I thought he would be done he kept wanting to go more. It was so much fun.Suprsising, N was quite good at scaling back up the hillside. I had my doubts because I know how hard it is for me to do so.

He is my little snow champion. He had a blast.

Unfortunately, the day didn't go off without a hitch. While we were there, we meet B. T. as his grandpa. He wanted to race me down the hill. I told him I would and we were off. He got ahead of me because...well... I create more friction against the snow. Apparently he lost his balance and fell of his sled and the poor boy did a nose dive into the snow. I say apparenlty because I couldn't see much of it because my sled had turned me around. At the very last moment I was able to see he was off his sled but then it was too late, I hit him while he was on the ground. I cannot say how upset I was. I think I was more upset than he was. Even though it was an accident, I felt a large amount of guilt. He was a trooper, he walked back up the hill with a bloody lip and bruised face and was able to say that he was okay without a tear in his eye. I still can't think about it and not feel bad. I really am very sorry "B".!!!

This was a good shot of N's first solo ride. What a good accomplishment for him.