{"id":991,"date":"2008-01-20T20:46:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/?p=991"},"modified":"2008-01-20T21:01:49","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T05:01:49","slug":"sledding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/2008\/01\/sledding\/","title":{"rendered":"Sledding!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Darrell and Eric who so thoughtfully brought their sleds for the boys to play with, and also for giving up half of their snowboarding time to come play with us, the boys got to experience wonderful snow and the speed of a good downhill slide! Peter drove and drove as far as he could up a mountain until we found a spot with clean, unpacked snow and someplace not too steep. It was a truly wonderful afternoon, but oh, so cold! And the majestic <em>biggness<\/em> of the world there reminded me how great our God is!<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0559ps.jpg\" title=\" \"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0559ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"  \" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0561ps.jpg\" title=\" There goes Seth on his first run!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0561ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" There goes Seth on his first run!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0566ps.jpg\" title=\" Darrell!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0566ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Darrell!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0567ps.jpg\" title=\" Jerome LOVED sledding!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0567ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"{First led} Jerome LOVED sledding!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0571ps.jpg\" title=\" Seth hiking back up.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0571ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Seth hiking back up.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0573ps.jpg\" title=\" Thanks for the boost, Daddy!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0573ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Thanks for the boost, Daddy!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0576ps.jpg\" title=\" Eric going down fast!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0576ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Eric going down fast!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0578ps.jpg\" title=\" Jerome going down again. The highlight of his trip, which I did not get a picture of (I was too concerned watching him) was the full flip Jerome completed on the sled. When his sled hit the ditch he turned upside down, then continued rolling mid air and landed right side up still holding on with both hands on the other side!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0578ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0581ps.jpg\" title=\" Seth wanted to go fast like Jerome\u2026\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0581ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0582ps.jpg\" title=\" He was going too fast and backwards so Eric stopped him and comforted a scared little Seth.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0582ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0585ps.jpg\" title=\" Riding with Daddy was better. :-)\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0585ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Riding with Daddy was better. :-)\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0586ps.jpg\" title=\" Darrell and Jerome!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0586ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Darrell and Jerome!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0591ps.jpg\" title=\" Yes, I went down once with Peter\u2026and a sleeping Ian!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0591ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Yes, I went down once with Peter\u2026and a sleeping Ian!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0597ps.jpg\" title=\" Too busy to fix his hat.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0597ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Too busy to fix his hat.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0599ps.jpg\" title=\" Good catch, Daddy!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0599ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Good catch, Daddy!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0604ps.jpg\" title=\" \u201cLook, Mommy! I found snowballs!\u201d\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0604ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" \u201cLook, Mommy! I found snowballs!\u201d\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0611ps.jpg\" title=\" Seth didn\u2019t like his icy mittens.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0611ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Seth didn\u2019t like his icy mittens.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0614ps.jpg\" title=\" Jerome on the big, beautiful mountain.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0614ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome on the big, beautiful mountain.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0622ps.jpg\" title=\" Behind him you can see the desert we drove through to get to the snowy mountains.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0622ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Behind him you can see the desert we drove through to get to the snowy mountains.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0621ps.jpg\" title=\" A fleeting smile from Seth while he takes a rest.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0621ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" A fleeting smile from Seth while he takes a rest.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0628ps.jpg\" title=\" Heading further down the mountain.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0628ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Heading further down the mountain.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0627ps.jpg\" title=\" Darrell and Eric on a giant snowball chair.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0627ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Darrell and Eric on a giant snowball chair.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0629ps.jpg\" title=\" Darrell and Jerome making snow angels!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0629ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Darrell and Jerome making snow angels!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0632ps.jpg\" title=\" Seth in a tree!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0632ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Seth in a tree!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0634ps.jpg\" title=\" Jerome in a tree!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0634ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Jerome in a tree!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0636ps.jpg\" title=\"{First sled} Snow fight!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0636ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"{Firstsled} Snow fight!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0637ps.jpg\" title=\" \"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0637ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0638ps.jpg\" title=\" \"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0638ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0650ps.jpg\" title=\" Peter and Seth\u2026\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0650ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Peter and Seth\u2026\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0653ps.jpg\" title=\" throwing snow!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0653ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" throwing snow!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0657ps.jpg\" title=\" Seth liked the snow after he figured out he could throw it at people!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0657ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Seth liked the snow after he figured out he could throw it at people!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0646ps.jpg\" title=\" Eric braving a steeper hill.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0646ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Eric braving a steeper hill.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0656ps.jpg\" title=\" candid\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0656ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" candid\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0655ps.jpg\" title=\" Family picture in the snow!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0655ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Family picture in the snow!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0660ps.jpg\" title=\" With my man!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0660ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" With my man!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0663ps.jpg\" title=\" Eric had my camera.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0663ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Eric had my camera.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0658ps.jpg\" title=\" cousins\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0658ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" cousins\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0676ps.jpg\" title=\" Ian woke up!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0676ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Ian woke up!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0677ps.jpg\" title=\" His poor little nose was so cold! He woke up laughing, precious boy!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0677ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"{First sled} His poor little nose was so cold! He woke up laughing, precious boy!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0671ps.jpg\" title=\" Darrell throwing snow into the sun.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0671ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Darrell throwing snow into the sun.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0672ps.jpg\" title=\" Eric throwing snow into the sunshine.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0672ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Eric throwing snow into the sunshine.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0667ps.jpg\" title=\" Daddy shaking the ice off of Seth\u2019s glove while warming his cold little hand.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0667ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Daddy shaking the ice off of Seth\u2019s glove while warming his cold little hand.\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0683ps.jpg\" title=\" Snow is so difficult to walk in, especially for tired little boys. They have a kind Daddy!\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0683ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Snow is so difficult to walk in, especially for tired little boys. They have a kind Daddy!\" \/><\/a><a rel=\"lightbox[Firstsled]\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0680ps.jpg\" title=\" Trudging back up the mountain to the car.\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc_0680ps.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\" Trudging back up the mountain to the car.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to Darrell and Eric who so thoughtfully brought their sleds for the boys to play with, and also for giving up half of their snowboarding time to come play with us, the boys got to experience wonderful snow and the speed of a good downhill slide! Peter drove and drove as far as he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.streetpoet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}