Island Park and Cross Country Skiing

In February, we were invited to the Andersen family cabin. We went with my siblings and their kids. We mostly sat around and enjoyed ourselves, while the kids played outside in the snow. It's always fun to get away from the "real world". Shaylee, Hallie and Gracie. I couldn't get them to just give me a normal smile. Nerds!

This is my nephew Gus. He and Hank had a lot of fun playing on the stairs.

Me, Marilee, Brandee, Deena, Paige and Dawnette posed for a picture before we headed out cross country skiing. Dont we look hot in our long johns? :) This was actually the reason for the weekend. None of us had ever been cross country skiing and we wanted to try it out.

So, we rented some ski's and headed to Harriman State Park. They have many different courses you can go on. We mostly stuck to the easy ones.

We were actually on a more advanced course for a while and it took us a while to realize it. This is not the greatest picture, but by going on a different course, we got to see some of the Trumpeter Swans.

It didn't take us long, before we all had our coats off.

Even though it was quite the workout, it ended up being a lot of fun. We had a lot of good laughs at each others expense. We would all like to go again. Of course, next time we would dress a little differently.