Yes, Virginia, there is winter in Arizona

somehow it seems that the older we get, the more we enjoy doing the things we enjoyed as kids (except sometimes alcohol is involved!) lex and i just got back from a long president's day weekend in the white mountains of arizona- about 31/2 hours north east of phoenix and had more fun just hanging out. ironically so, mom and dad are currently spending their last day in the Florida Keys, while we ventured north to experience temperatures below 60 and SNOW. the drive was beautiful, snow covered mountains and pine trees all over...we stopped on the way to toss snowballs at each other and give lex a chance to make a snow angel!

saturday morning we lounged with our coffee and then bundled up to spend some time in the outdoor hot tub at the condo - nothing like soaking in a steam bath with a snow covered ground - delicious- ...later we went to the movies with a picnic lunch - "definitely, maybe" - cute flick, but SO predictable, as romantic comedies tend to be. after the movie we drove around looking for a local park where we could take a stroll, stretch out our legs and enjoy the sunshine. Woodland Lake Park was where we ended up- the whole lake was frozen except for a small area under the bridge where all the ducks were hanging out. it was great to see so many people out at the park on a sunday afternoon in the cold, walking dogs, riding bikes, pushing strollers...we ended our afternoon - SLEDDING - it was so much fun to remember all of the childhood memories I had sledding at Gypsy Hill park golfcourse, Preston Lane, SMA and the hills of Mary Baldwin. (Thanks Dad!) being a native Arizonan, Lex is a newbie to sledding and she totally fell in love with it - and we caught it all on tape. She was way better than me- I had a tough time staying on the course, imagine that.