To the Snow We Go!!

Me and GeneThe Girls and I at the Lake The YW Pres. getting ready for the big race
Us having moving only 3 feet and comming to a complete stop

Me and Gene right after the snowball fight
Katie, Joanne and I have become a bobsled team
We went so fast down the hillGene resting after his long hike back up the hill

Gene and I right before we left when it started to snow, Beautiful!!!!

Last weekend Gene and I took the youth of our ward up to Mt. Lassen. It was absolutely beautiful. The air was so crisp and clean and the pine trees every where with fresh powder snow dusted all over them it was gorgeous. We had such a wonderful time. On Friday we left right after school and drove up to the Hood's cabin. (It is amazing with enough beds for all of the girls and the leaders to sleep on. Thanks Jolene.) There we cooked speghetti for everyone and I was quite proud of us at how quickly we got it all together. Then we played games and had a little devotional and sent the boys packing to the Martin's home 20 miles away. After the boys left the real fun began. We played apples to apples with the girls and talked until we couldn't keep our eyes open anymore. Sat. we got up super early to get all the girls ready, because we thought the boys would be there early, but they didn't come around until 10:30am they were having a home cooked breakfast by brother Martin, and then had a snowball fight. After they arrived we then went to the snow finally. It was so much fun, I hadn't been sledding in such a long time. There was no one else where we were so that was great. we all took turns sledding down the hill and having a snowball fight. The Young Men's and Young Women's Pres. tried to have a race. All of us girls piled onto one sled while the boys went down on thier own sleds. The sled that goes the farthest wins. Well, I was in the front and I didn't quite have a hold on the rope, before Gene let us go and went down the hill with the others. and the toggle on the rope got stuck underneath us and we stopped about three feet from were we started it was hilarious. The guys went all the way down the hill and we got stuck. Finally we got it all together and tried it again, and we won, we went way further than the YM pres. but then we had the long walk back up. After the snow we went back to the Hood's for grilled cheese and soup. While we were eating it started to snow it was sooo pretty light fluffy flakes, we all went outside to watch and then decided we had better start heading down the mountain before we get stuck up there. It was such a great weekend. Thank you so much Sister Hood and Sister Martin for letting us use your cabins. You're the best!!!