We decided to take the boys up to Jackson to visit Chris' dad and let them play in the snow, especially since, lets face it, this winter has been kind of lame! Chris' brother, Brad, came and spent the day with us too. We went to a couple different visitor's centers, took a horse-drawn sleigh ride through the Elk Refuge and played in the snow. I wish we had spent a little more time playing in the snow, but it was still pretty fun. I don't think I would recommend doing the sleigh ride through the Elk Refuge with little kids though. It's about an hour long ride round trip and the day we went it was completely freezing with some wind and the boys weren't really interested after seeing the first couple elk. And then they just got too cold and tired (neither of them napped the whole day!) Tyler ended up screaming about the last 10 minutes at least. But now we know! By the time we went to play in the snow, Tyler was so exhausted that he conked out on the way over to the hill and slept the whole time until we woke him up to eat dinner. Parker had a BLAST though sledding down the hill and playing with his dad and uncle. This kid sure loves the snow and would have gladly stayed out there to play for hours on end if we'd let him! All of the boy's snow clothes from this year are in our storage unit in Colorado, so Parker is sporting last year's clothes & boots, which for the most part still fit pretty good. The shoes were a bit tight, but he didn't complain! Before we left we stopped at McDonald's for dinner and then headed home. It was definitely a long day, but it was fun to go up there and spend the day together as a family and let the boys spend some time with their grandpa before we head off to Texas for who knows how long!
My Little Park Rangers :)
Beginning of the Sleigh Ride...the boy's expressions say it all! haha
One of the many elk we saw.
Heading up the hill to sled down...Parker LOVED it!!
Having fun with Uncle Brad!
There was A LOT of snow there, Parker kept getting stuck!
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