Family snow fun

Here is a lovely view of the fresh snow we were treated to last week. Just like a dusting of powdered sugar! Post-snow, we got a morning of cool, sunny weather, perfect for dusting off some very old equipment of mine:

Once a skier...always a skier. I don't know if it's part and parcel of my Norwegian background, but there are just certain people who are born to love the snow (and if you aren't one of them, you probably at least know one...), and I get all giddy and smiley when the white stuff comes falling down. Even now as an adult. I remember when I was working in Chicago, in an office on the 40th floor of a skyscraper in the loop: we got a big snow one afternoon and I was just gazing out the windows, happy as could be and admiring the view. My coworkers, however, had nothing at all good to say! Lots of grumbling and complaining...it was then that I knew there was just something different about my constitution where winter was concerned. :) My ski coach used to say that it didn't matter how hard he pushed people or how hard they trained, if you didn't have "the love", you'd always be missing the most important ingredient. I'm sure this could apply to lots of other sports/pursuits, as well, but I've definitely learned what he meant.
Cora got treated to a ski around the 'hood on fresh but not too powdery (ie, perfect!) snow last Sunday. I think she liked it! Larson felt left out, but I'm not talented enough to manage to hold him and ski...and he's just a little too big for the bjorn. :) I'm trying to get him all psyched up for some ski lessons next winter! For now, he had to content himself with playing musher to Brett's sled dog action :)
Happy, happy snow day to all the snow bunnies out there!