A Weekend of Firsts

This past weekend was a weekend of firsts for the Stansell Family. We had planned to be in Snyder to see our new little niece or nephew, but he or she did not see fit to arrive on the due date. We did not want to sit around the house waiting all weekend so we decided to go visit Aunt Dena at Ceta Canyon. They had received a lot of snow during the week and this was the prime opportunity for us to take the kids sledding.

Our Saturday started with Rachel going bowling with her AWANA group. This was her first time bowling. I think she had a good time after they put the bumpers up to keep the ball out of the gutter. After bowling, we went to watch her play basketball. She made her first basket at the game. We were all very excited for her. It was a perfect basket, nothing but net!!! After the game we came home to eat lunch and load up to go to Dena's to go sledding for the first time. Chris had never been sledding before and the closest I have come is sledding down our driveway in Pasco. The kids were so excited to finally get to go. We have been waiting for a good snow since Dena moved to Ceta Canyon. We got to camp after dark but that did not stop us from finding the nearest slope. Everybody had a great time!! Little dare devil Kate thought it was great fun too until her hands and legs got wet and cold!

Dena and Chris raced down a few times. Overall they finished in a tie.





There was a wipe out but nobody was hurt!!








These were in the dark right after we arrived and bundled up.

We had such a fun weekend that Chris and I are paying with sore muscles. We are so glad everything worked out so we could go. It is a weekend the kids will remember for a long time. Thank you Dena for having us!!

I have several pretty scenery pictures of Ceta Canyon covered with snow. I will post those soon. We hiked down to the waterfall. Everything was so pretty and white.