Old Mother Nature dropped a few inches of snow on us last night so we decided to put it to good use this morning. We were up early, as usual, and had the driveway and vehicles cleaned off by 10:30am or so. After hitting the dump, we headed to the local elementary/middle school for some sledding. Now, I know that some of my friends take their kids there but we’ve never gone there ourselves. After a couple of texts and a phone call, I learned where we needed to go. The thing was when we got there, the parking lot hadn’t been plowed and nothing had been shoveled and NO ONE had been there sledding yet. The lack of plowing wasn’t a big deal - we took old Bertha and she plowed right through. We weren’t sure exactly how to get up to the top but we figured it out in no time at all. Once the paths for the sleds were broken once, they were prime for sledding and with no one else there we had the run of the place!
Joe rented a Canon 70-200 f/2.8L USM/IS from a place in Amherst and has it for a week. We’ve had it a few days and while it’s an extremely awesome lens, he’d pretty much decided that it wasn’t one that he needed. At $1800, I was glad to hear that. 
Seriously, he said he didn’t think we’d use it much. But today, he had a chance to use it for what it was made for…action shots! It takes some kick ass pics for sure!! Hold onto your seats and your coffee…lots of pics to load up here!!
Natey
Natey getting ready to try a belly run!!
Lexi Lou with the snow flying!
Maddie loving her first time sledding!
I love the sharpness of this lens! Joe never moved from his spot at the bottom of the hill and many of these shots were taken when the kids were up at the top!
Lexi getting ready to head down the hill!
Maddie heading down hill! She’s such a lightweight that she FLEW!!
A series of Natey going down the hill!
Maddie thoroughly enjoying herself!
Everyone taking a second to wave to Daddy before heading down!
Natey’s sled filling with snow!
Lexi Lou on her way up the hill!
WIPEOUT!!!!!!!!!!!
Lexi trying to catch snowflakes at the bottom of the hill!
Isn’t she beautiful?
The gang! Lexi, Natey & Maddie
Yeah, I even took my fat ass down the hill! This was our last run down the hill and Maddie and I wiped out at the bottom! Boy was it fun!
