This was the closest thing to a smile Jaxon made the whole time we were there.
A few days before Christmas there was a huge blizzard in Flagstaff and the higher elevation areas, like Payson. So we took a day trip to Payson two days before Christmas. It was BEAUTIFUL! Payson is such a pretty town anyway, but to see it just covered in snow was such a sight! Logan kept asking if we were there yet, and then fell asleep 20 minutes before we got there, so he missed most of the snow on the drive there. We got out and played around by the Tonto Creek Fish Hatchery.
Brian and Logan built a snowman.
Logan ate the snow. Jaxon ran around for a few minutes, until he got mad because he was cold and wet and kept falling in the snow.
Jaxon cried almost the entire time. He's not a fan of the cold. Then he cried the rest of the time we were there. Oh, except for about a minute when he went tubing down the hill with Brian.
Brian went sliding down a hill about ten times, until the tube hit a rock and it exploded.
Within five minutes our fun adventure in the snow turned into a horrible-lets get out of here as fast as we can- experience! The boys had so much fun for about 30 minutes and then they had just HAD it! They were done being cold, done being wet, done eating snow, done freezing their butts off, and just wanted to be warm and dry. So we changed them into their spare dry clothes, packed up and drove back home.
We all had a great time, but there's definitely a breaking point with kids, when you just have to get out of there. So I think we would do it again, next time with some snow gear, but we had so much fun!
4 comments:
Ha, I love those pictures of your kids! They are so sad that it's funny...:) It's fun that you can still experience snow when you live in Arizona though, we are definitely getting our fair share up here in Utah! (PS I still can't believe how old Jaxon looks.)
Jaxon looks like he LOVED it!!! So funny! When I first looked at the pictures I was super confused about the snow! lol I love that you guys drove up there to find the snow...it's so sunny and there's TONS! Clearly Brian had fun!! :D hahaha
How fun!! We were driving through that on the way into phoenix. Maybe we should of stayed to hang out with the Davis family!
That's good you got some good old fashioned snowy fun before Christmas. Looking at your pics I almost forgot where you live! It looks like you're in my neighborhood! Your kids are so cute! Jaxon is huge! He looks more like Logan than before. Sorry that the trip didn't go so well, but at least you got some cute pics! Miss ya!
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