Gearing up to slide down and silly getting......

The boys loaded up their snowboard gear in the van

early this morning.

It's another snowboard day at Steven's Pass!

I had a request for action shots of the boys,

which I'm dying to do,

but since I've never skied or snowboarded before,

and I'm told that there are no adequate "observation" areas

at the resort,

I'm avoiding a major rescue effort and staying off of the mountain

until we plan a family trip in April.

I'm not sure why I think I'll be able to stand up on skis in April

but somehow I will just feel safer

when there are more family members there

to break my fall!

So, since I can't get action shots,
I was sure to get "unloading" shots!

And "standing with gear" shots.


And, of course, "walking to bus" shots!

I even snapped one of the bus itself,

cause I'm all about the details.

While we waited for the bus to pull away

full of

crazy people who like to slide down steep inclines

at breakneck speed while having small surfboards attached to their feet,

Bren and I planted ourselves

at a window table in the McDonald's across the street,

where she and I ate egg McMuffin sandwhich's

that I will later have to work off!

As we waited,

we became increasingly silly.

Could've been the sugar in the OJ,

could have been the early morning hour,

could've been that it was snowing,

or it could have been that we were

just happy to spend this time together

giggling and making funny faces for the camera.

I tried my best to get us both in the frame

of my 50 mm lens

for mommy-girlie photos,

but I'm not known for my long arms.

I switched to my kit lens which has a bit of a wider angle,

and finally got both our our whole faces in one shot.

But I kinda like the closeness of the other ones better.

We continued our photo shoot in the van,

posing and snapping away

while we waited for the frozen van to warm up.

Bren loves turning the camera on me,

and she took a few before we drove off for home.

Just before we left, right in front of where we were parked

were two couples sitting in a booth by the window

cracking up laughing at Bren and I doing a photo shoot in the van!

We waved at them, Bren blew them a kiss, and we were off!

Who knows what they thought,

and who cares, right?

You have to risk humiliation sometimes to make great memories.

Bren had a blast,

and that's all that mattered on this cold snowy morning

in a cozy McDonalds by the highway.

Soon enough, she's the one that is going to put a stop

to public silliness with mom.

So, I'm getting all the silly I can get

while the silly getting is good!

If you don't regularly indulge....

try it,

I guarantee you'll be better for it!