Kensington Park- XC Skiing!

There was some nice snow this last weekend, so we hopped on it, and decided to go have an adventure...

Cross-country Skiing!

Neither of us have ever been XC Skiing before, so we weren't sure what to expect, but we both absolutely loved it!

Strapped Sophia on...

...and we were off!

 

Such a beautiful day.
XC skiing is can be very peaceful and cathartic.
Being out in nature, with just the silence of the fresh snow.

 

 

Beautiful frozen lakes.

 

After we had a quick lunch at the 'lodge'
(I LOVE Sophie in her snow pants- btw)

Then we went sledding!
Sophia wasn't sure what to expect, because she'd never done downhill sledding before.
She was a bit nervous at first, but had fun.

 

 

Here we go!

 

Happy baby!

And Rick decided to go down the BIG toboggan run. Geez- you can not appreciate how big this hill was in the photo.
I would describe his experience as "National Lampoons: Christmas Vacation"-esque.
I'll leave it at that.

Super fun! We can't wait for more snow to go and do it again!
Who'd have ever thought these Californians would say that?!

First Haircut!

Sophia's hair has been getting out of control lately (Rick described it being akin to the Grandpa from 'Everybody Loves Raymond').

So we took the plunge and took her for her first real haircut. 

Super cute place.

 

Sophia picked the cop car, and was excited to wear her 'cape'.

She wasn't so sure about the lady with the scissors though.

She got to watch 'Rio'

And loved driving her car

 

 

 

 

Taming the bangs!

 

Not such a fan of the blow dryer

My beautiful little girl!!

And to top it all off, she got a balloon and Dora stickers!

Very happy

 

To show off her new do, Sophia decided to go cruising.

What a little lady.

Snow Day!

We got some snow back here in Michigan while we were out of town.

We decided to take the chance to play in it before it melts away.

Sophia wasn't so sure about the sled at first.

But once she got going, she was in heaven.

 

 

"Go daddy, go!"

 

They must of gone round and round the yard a million times.

 

She's so cute in her snow pants.

We decided she looked like Rainbow Bright.

Daddy making snow angels

 

Weee!

 

No matter how cold, she wants to swing.

 

 

Our cute snow-doggy

Ending our afternoon in the snow with a bonfire

 

So lovely.

Love these times together.