Snow-Tubing Excitement!

I was not sure last year could be topped, but carrying on the Valentine's tradition today was AWESOME.  I love winter and there was no better way to celebrate Valentine's than with family snowtubing.    We actually started our morning visiting the Beavercreek 9-11 Memorial.  It was very neat and our family really enjoyed it.

 The memorial was a large piece of the towers that had been placed as the memorial.   I love this picture with the flag in the background.

We took the opportunity to take some family pictures (and complete a geocaching challenge) while we were there.  It was a great way to start the morning.

Sweet kiddos...we reminded them about the memorial by talking about the Dunwoody Manhattan Memorial Climb Hubby did last September. 

 After the memorial, we headed to Indiana to visit one of our favorite spots...Perfect North Slopes.  We got to the exit a little early, so we grabbed lunch at White Castle (another Northern spot...think Krystals :)

 Yum!

Then it was time for our Valentine FUN!

 Bundle UP!

Waiting patiently for all the adults to be ready to go...

 Whee!!!

Mommy love :)

 We love snowtubing!

 Brother LOVED every second of tubing today....we had a hard time getting him to take a break, or leave.  We started letting him go down by himself about 1/2 way through and he was THRILLED. I can't believe what a big boy he is!

 These "action" shots were from our 1st ride down, we all went down together and we were FLYING.  I can't believe how fast we were going.  We hit the gravel and kept going for a long while.  The snow was definitely slicker than last year...SO much fun :)

 Here we go...

I think we probably went down about 15 times in 3 hours...it was a perfect day 37-40 degrees and the crowd was really light.  The "magic carpet" made getting up the hill nice and easy.

 I think she had the best seat in the house though.

 On our way back down the "mountain".  We rode as groups most of the time (we went faster), but once Brother was able to go by himself, we tried all types of different rides. 

 Whee!  Good job Sister :)

 Snow flying in Brother's face...this happened a lot today, sometimes we were covered at the bottom of the hill.

 Group picture, LOVE it!

Sister missed nap time and even Beauty and the Beast couldn't keep her awake.  

 We stopped for a quick dinner at Quaker Steak and Lube (fried pickles - YUM) and headed home to wash some clothes and pack for our trip in the AM.  We are heading home in the morning, hopefully the snow won't slow us down too much.  The kids enjoyed reading some books with R/ while we worked on getting some stuff together.  We have had a wonderful time in Ohio...we love visiting family and actually enjoying WINTER during our winter break :)  Best part is we get to see them again in a few months...yay!

Back to the real world...GA here we come.