Left to right; Esther, Seth, Micah, Tabitha, Elizabeth, Moses and Noah!
Our family's favorite way to enjoy the snow is to go sledding with the tractor. Who can keep their grip on the bar the longest, while their face gets blasted with snow?! Who can shove the most people off the bar, while still holding on?!?! And when the tractor stops, who will be the one still holding onto the bar?!?! Most often yesterday, the answer was Noah and Seth, but we girls managed to hold our own ground in the long run!!
At the bottom of the hill, looking back up at those who lost their grip along the way!!
"The Plow" is the name of our smallest sled (no, we don't usually name our sleds), a 3 foot piece of uncomfortably molded plastic that came into our possesion a few years back. It is the worst sled for spraying snow in your face, and anyone who rides on it or beside it will be covered in about 50 tons of snow before the tractor stops. However, it has long been Esther's favorite sled, and she refuses to use any other. Often when the tractor stops, we have to spend several minutes digging her out because of the massive ammount of snow that she gets plastered with. The following picture is a demonstration of "The Plow" at work.....
(Esther is on the far LEFT!)
On one round, Roscer grabbed a ride, but as soon as we picked up any speed, he had the sense to jump clear.
Anyone care to join us on our next sledding adventure?!?!
9 comments:
I'm so jealous!! LOL That looks like so much fun.
~Kristi
My goodness.....she can cook, she can sew, and she can fit on a tiny sled for hours while sledding. That Esther is something else!
I would love you sled with you guys! You should come to our house though... We have a GREAT hill! :D Way to go, Esther!
Blessings,
Kourtney
Those are cool pictures! It was kind of comical to me though to see seven little bundled up people on sleds! Don't know why, it just looked so fun!
Looks like fun!! I LOVE to sled, but sadly we don't have a real good hill near us :-(.
Looks like a blast! =)
Hmmm, that looks...uh...dangerous (and fun)! Thanks for the captions under the pictures, otherwise I wouldn't have any idea who was who!
Elizabeth, did Esther ever get that material from the Rippes??
Bryant, it probably is a little bit dangerous (as Seth says,"it gotta be a little bit dangerous to be fun"), but we always ask the Lord for His protection, and pray before we start sledding. This is our tenth winter enjoying sledding with the tractor and we've never had a injury. He is faithful to protect us!!!
But, it is a LOT of fun!!! There is nothing like bumping everyone off and being the only one left hanging on!!! :)
Mrs. Rippe forgot the material yesterday, so we'll get it next week. Thanks for checking!!
~Elizabeth
Wow! That looks so fun!! can you say, 'jealous'??!! We haven't had snow in two years, and we haven't had enough snow or the space to sled in at least 8. But then again, we were able to have snow slushies even if we couldn't sled. :D
Have fun sledding!
~HannahBeth
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