Gerrit wanted to learn how to snowboard so who better to learn from than Uncle Jeff! We mentioned it to Jeff and he was all over getting the equipment and spending time with him. Christmas Eve we went to a nearby sledding hill to give him a few pointers.
Emmit didn't mind because he LOVES sledding! Mia took her board and Max and Ella went sledding. Emmit seemed to make the rounds sledding with everyone - even Uncle Jeff!
His favorite way to sled - on his tummy, head first!
Gerrit got 'new' snowboard equipment (Max's old board and boots) and Emmit got a helmet! Adam made the boys wear their helmets earlier in the week when they were sledding because of the ice storm! And now Emmit thinks he needs to wear it every time he sleds...not a bad idea!
He was even laughing with all the snow in his face!
Even Adam got in on the action with Max. Jeff thought the 2 of the maxed out the weight limit on the sled!
Here he is in action!
He took a break from snow boarding too:
Our new little snowboarder!
After sledding/snowboarding we met back at Jeff and Erika's with the rest of the family. Here is "Santa" Ella and her elves...
2 boys really excited for presents!
We even had time later in the week for a few birthday celebrations. Max, Emmit and Bill (who was sick) all have birthdays with in 2 weeks of each other....Max kindly stood next to Emmit for the annual picture by the cake:
We visited Grandma and GG with Travis and Millie and saw Grandpa Bob and Geri too. The rest of the trip was cousin time! Hockey, sledding, snowboarding (at a real ski hill), presents, and hanging out pretty much sums up our trip this year. It is fun to see the cousins play so well together - they pick up where they left off the last time they saw each other. It makes living so far away not so bad. We look forward to the cousins coming to MN this summer!!
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Did I miss the "photobombing" picture? I didn't see it. :-)
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