MT. Charleston

One of the best things about living in Las Vegas is that Mt. Charleston is only 45 minutes away. Mt. Charleston is as stated a great big mountain, but the best part is that it is a break from the desert heat and in the winter it gets snow! So since we have discovered the wonders of Mt. Charleston we have wanted to go up and play in the snow when it got colder. Unfortunately the kids have been so sick we haven't been able to make it since it started to snow on the mountain. So finally we all were feeling decent and so we packed up and headed for the mountains. We had such a lovely time. Lil'Will has only really been in snow once before, last year in Columbia, so he was all about the wonder that is snow. He got real excited when we started to make snowballs and throw them at one another. The snow was too powdery to make a snowman, but great for a two year old to play with.

Lil'Will making his first snowball

This is a video of Emily and baby James going down the hill. James wasn't as much of a fan as mommy was of sledding. The boys got tired of the cold awfully quick and so Mommy and Daddy didn't get an opportunity to go sledding as much as we wanted. We took some great video of William and Lil'Will going down the hill but mommy is a dork and took it sideways without thinking that you can't rotate a video! So we only have this video of sledding to share.

We had just left the ski lodge and William and Lil'Will had just gotten new snow gloves. Due to the new gloves Lil'Will was all excited to go play in the snow. He had the most fun here playing in the snow because he wasn't waist deep in the snow. Unfortunately Las Vegas just doesn't have a good supply of snow clothes, I have no idea as to why, so Lil'Will could only play for so long without freezing.