We spent the beginning of this week in Portland with my family. My Mom and brother planned a trip to the mountain to go sledding. We had such an amazing day together! Mt. Hood was beautiful and we found two perfect sledding areas. We started the morning bright and early, packed some lunch goodies, stopped for tea and coffee and then hit the road. Mt. Hood is only 45 minutes to an hour away from my brother's place so we were ready to sled in no time!
We had the first place we stopped at pretty much all to ourselves for an hour or so. Leila even wanted to go by herself!
My brother, er, Clark Griswold, on the disc.
Mom pulling L back up the sled run...
Still trying to make it to the top. Mom kept slipping.
Leila is wondering what is taking Grammy so long to get to the top!
The kids.
A little out of control...
Oh my goodness! This run had a bump at the bottom that killed my bottom!
Action shot...me and my little brother racing.
Hiking into the second spot, which was more crowded.
The tough boys.
What would we do if Jon and Chris didn't have a weird photo together??
Finally a nice shot.
You should have heard how excited the boys were to push me down the hill!! Look at Christopher's face in this!! Hmmm....
This is when the boys truly took on the spirit of the Griswold family sledding. They found a huge run with a major bump at the bottom where one could catch air. Chris is trying to hit it, but missed...thank goodness. 
My brother, on the other hand, did not miss the bump. He practically knocked himself out! Not joking. He hit his nose on his knee when he landed and gave himself a bloody nose. Then within an hour he had a black eye too! The craziest part was that my husband was still wanting to go after watching Jon! No way, Chris!!!
Luckily, Leila was cold and tired by this point so the boys couldn't hurt themselves anymore as we had to leave to get her warmed up. Heading back to the car.
We are definitely doing this again...minus the injury!
We are definitely doing this again...minus the injury! 
2 comments:
Looks like so much fun!
Love your pics, you all must have had a blast, hope your brother still has a working nose!
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