{"id":1697,"date":"2009-12-23T01:16:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T06:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2009-12-23T01:16:24","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T06:16:24","slug":"photos-and-videos-from-snowy-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/?p=1697","title":{"rendered":"Photos and videos from snowy Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nAnalise and Josiah go sledding down the steep hill near the old football field.\n<\/td>\n		\n<\/param><\/param><\/param><\/object>
\nAnalise and Josiah make snow angels on our Christmas tree cutting adventure.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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We have been enjoying the snowy Christmas season up here. First, we went with Papa Dale and Aunt Kat to a house nearby growing a few Christmas trees for sale. We had a great time until the kids realized that getting snow in ones boots and gloves is not much fun when the temperature is only 15 degrees. Aunt Kat rescued Analise by switching gloves with her, and all was good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Analise<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nAnalise and Papa Dale with the "chosen tree"\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Josiah<\/a>\n<\/td>\nJosiah and Aunt Kat pose for a picture while Papa Dale cuts the tree\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Trekking<\/a>\n<\/td>\nTrekking down the hill to find a Christmas tree\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Josiah<\/a>\n<\/td>\nJosiah enjoying being pulled back up the hill\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Our next adventure was sledding on the steep hill just down the street. Kristine was worn out from taking care of the kids all day, so I took them down and had them take turns going down the hill until our very last run which resulted in the Analise \/ Josiah collision you can see in the video at the top. They were OK and laughing about it … “We ran into each other” … Josiah stutters excitedly “We just, just… ran into… each other”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Bundled<\/a>\n<\/td>\nBundled up and hiking through the snow in our frontyard\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Happy<\/a>\n<\/td>\nHappy and ready to be pulled down to the sledding hill\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Analise<\/a>\n<\/td>\nAnalise and Josiah hike back up the hill after their first run\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Last night we went ahead and opened presents since Kat was leaving today to head back to Denver. Everybody had a great time, and the kids helped play “Santa” by stacking all the presents into a pile and then helping everybody open their presents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Analise<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nAnalise and her new "twin" doll\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\"Josiah<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nJosiah and his new legos, which we had already made into a plane\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\"A<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nA family picture this morning\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Today while I was working at the coffee shop, Kristine and Grandma Sandy took the kids to Spooner to have lunch and possibly go ice skating. Unfortunately, the ice skating rink was being “watered” to thicken up the ice. So they went and played on a snowy playground instead. Josiah went sliding off the slide super fast and into a snow bank giving himself a “snow bath” he was happy to tell me when they got home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n\"On<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nOn a see-saw like thing\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\"Analise<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nAnalise swinging with the bright sunshine reflecting off the snow\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\"Josiah<\/a>\n<\/td>\n\nJosiah and Analise on the swings\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Finally, we are battering down for a winter storm tomorrow night. The wind has already picked up quite a bit, and they are calling for close to a foot of snow here. Check out the map below where I added our approximate location here in Shell Lake, Wisconsin:<\/p>\n

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Analise and Josiah go sledding down the steep hill near the old football field. Analise and Josiah make snow angels on our Christmas tree cutting adventure. We have been enjoying the snowy Christmas season up here. First, we went with Papa Dale and Aunt Kat to a house nearby growing a few Christmas trees for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[34,11],"tags":[19,85,116,115],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-travel","tag-photos","tag-snow","tag-videos","tag-wisconsin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkzLf-rn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1724,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toonesalive.com\/blog\/family\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}