A Day in the Snow

Today we decided to let everyone try cross-country skiing. Alan, Bryan and Sean had all been on cross-country skis before. Bryan and Sean had never been off our property on them though. Our local nature center rents skis and snow shoes on the weekends so we decided to head out and give it a try.
Here is Sean waiting for the rest of the crew.
Liam is that little person. He did a great job on his skis and says he can't wait to try it again.
Here's Bryan and Kieran taking a rest to let Mom and Katie catch back up.
I gave it a good shot but have decided that for the rest of this winter, I will stick to snow shoes. You should not attempt cross country skiing for the very first time when you are 29 weeks pregnant and have a toddler on your back. Let's just say there are some major center of gravity issues involved should you fall over.
Gabe enjoyed the ride and loved looking at all the snow.
Here's Katie. She tried real hard and by the end of the day was very tired. She fell a few too many times for her liking but kept plugging along. She says next time she wants to try snow shoes instead.

Abby spent the afternoon hanging out on Alan's back. Alan spent the afternoon helping to pick people up out of the snow. I think he got a very decent work out by the time all was said and done. We likely will be heading back to the nature center again to use their trails but I think we've decided that spending $10 per pair of skis just for rental is a bit silly over and over again so we are on the search for a few used pairs of skis and boots.