Move over Amy

I don't like to compare myself with the Jones, but I will compare myself with Amy. On her husband Kirby's blog, Amy was praised for being such a great mother ... it truely put a lot of us mothers to shame. But here's my shout out to myself for sled riding with my kids (and walking up one of the biggest hills of my life .. four of five times). My friend Ann also gets a shout out ... she really got in there and made the first snowfall of the year special for the kids and they think she's the coolest for doing so.

So here's me with the boys in the back.

And here we are hiking the hill for the last time.

Von loved it and wanted to do it again .. and again .. and again..

We don't know what happened to his hat so we had to borrow one of the girls .. but he does like pink.

Here we are almost back to the top.

The kids wanted me and Ann to take a ride together. We were sure we wouldn't stop with all this weight.

But we hit a grassy part and did a 180 and only made it half way down the hill .... which was fine. See those trees in the back (which are actually at the bottom of another dropoff in the yard) ... that's where Ann landed each time with the kids .. in the neighbors yard.

Yes, Von is on there .. behind Ann and in front of Rolland who has his head sticking out.

Von called the sled a boat.

Here's Brittany taking Von and Brayden for a ride.

OK, so Amy sounds like a really great mom ... and I know she is ... but for someone who absolutely hates being outside, doing this for my kids really felt great!