Harry, Shannin, Christy and I climbed the hill just to slide down and hit a bump which caused us to bounce off into separate heaps in the snow. We had two sleds that we used, Christy used one while Harry, Shannin and I shared the other. My mother took the pictures from down below. It was too much for her to walk up close to where we were so we are off in the distant too small to see. It was so much fun, and I can't wait to go again.

It was only a two hour drive to LaPorte where the snow is deep enough to play in. It was very crouded there as people on snow mobiles were having fun riding through the beautiful country side. There was a group there selling food and raffling of various items. We brought our own hot dogs and gas grill to heat them up on. We also had hot chocolate which we drank when we were finished playing in the snow.

A Trip to the Snow

My niece Christy rode down the hill with little 2 year old Shannin. Shannin kept saying "again!" She had gone down twice with her her grandpa and I and twice with Christy. It was difficult to climb the hill as our feet sunk down until we found ourselves knee deep with each step. We had so much fun!

New Calf Born Breach

Harry had to help to pull this calf. I didn't have my camera with me and used my mother's after the event had occured. The calf was difficult to pull but was up and eating within a half hour after birth. He was shivering in the very cold winds as his mother was cleaning and warming him.

We noticed the calf when we were driving up the lane as Harry has the habit of helping to feed the cows by throwning the hay off the skip while my mother drives the tractor. I saw the feet of the calf and had the impression that something was wrong, so we watched the cow and realized that she was trying to have a calf that was breach. My mother got the chain and put it on the calf's feet and Harry, being the stronger of the three of us, pulled the calf.