Day Dates are the Best!

My sisters and I have talked about taking each other's kids so that we can go out on a date without having to pay for a babysitter; the last time we were all together, we actually decided to make it happen! I have always liked the concept, but I never want to pick my kids up late from someone's house and then have to come home after a date and put tired kids to bed late. So we decided to do a day date and go up to the mountains for some cross country skiing! We dropped the girls off at Kelsey's house around 8:30 and headed up to Mt. Baker. (They spent the day playing legos, coloring, and taking a walk to the library.)

Yesterday was pretty cloudy and rainy at our house so we weren't quite sure what the conditions would be like in the mountains, but it worked out quite well! The sun tried to come out and then it started to snow; about 30 minutes before we were finished, it turned into a really wet snow and we were really wet by the time we made it back to the car. 

We went to the same place that we normally go to, Salmon Ridge Sno-Park, but this time we were able to make it significantly farther than we've gone before. It was so pretty! We took Shelby with us and she loved it...and pretty much hasn't moved today! 

Lunchtime along the Nooksack River