New Years continued...

Just some more random pictures from the day. It was the perfect way to begin 2010!

This was the high for the day...Yes it's the low 20's! The low was 3...glad we were out of there before that (-:

New Years continued...

Everyone on the sledding hill was having a great time and then it happened...the first injury of the day and it was my Nicholas! He was sledding down face first and his face hit the ice and got scrapped up...well he was done with that hill! Not five minutes later, a man broke his ankle and Darryl had to call 911. He broke it at the top of the hill and couldn't get down. Then, after I took care of Nicholas and got him cozy into the car I wanted to go to the top of the hill to help the man(and to be nosey)...well, I got 1/4 of the way up and fell! I fell on both my wrists onto the ice...OUCH! It hurt so bad. So, we decided we were done with this place and headed to the next place.


We decide to next head to Beech Mountain. We read that they had a free sledding hill where the town blew snow and maintained the hill. So, we decided to head up the mountain from Boone. This place was great! It was a like a winter wonderland! Beech Mountain is the highest town in the eastern US at over 5500 feet. It was such a cute town..it looked like we were in a small town in Switzerland. It was snowing when we got there and everything was covered in snow..it was beautiful! I don't recall seeing so much in a long time!
First we headed to the cute general store for provisions-boo boo cream for Nicholas and chocolate treats for the family. The snow was so deep and powdery and was perfect for sledding. Nicholas didn't last too long so I stayed out with Matthew.

New Years Day

What could be better to ring in the New Year but heading to the mountains for some sledding? That's just what we did! The mountains have been getting pummeled with snow and we just couldn't resist any longer. We packed our sleds and all our cold weather gear and we were off!
We headed to Boone first and found a sledding hill on the side of the road. There were lots of families there so we figured it was pretty good. Well, it was really, really, really icy. Everyone was FLYING down the hill. It was lightly snowing and freezing but the boys had such a great time...until...

A sweet New Years Eve...

We stayed in on New Years Eve. After watching a movie and putting the children to bed, Darryl and I got in our jammies and brought the pillows and blankies out into the living room to cuddle and wait for the ball to drop. Well....Darryl fell asleep. I didn't so when it was time I *gently* woke him up with a kiss...He thought that was sweet and hugged me. I love this man...
Here he's getting sick of all the flashes on the camera. He is hiding and as you can see, I'm giggling at him.

We have so much to be thankful for in 2009 and have so much to look foward to in 2010.