Inner tubing!

For much of the winter, there was not enough snow on Mt. Hood to go sledding or inner tubing on.  Then, in the spring, it snowed more than 12 inches in one weekend and we decided to take the girls up since it was probably going to be our last chance this season.

Gabriel stayed home, but we packed up with girls.  Their cousins, Abby and Millie came along to help out.  On the way up the mountain, it must have been a pretty smooth ride because every single passenger fell asleep.

Once we got up there, Elvin went to buy the tickets and the girls got bundled up, with the help of their cousins.

Here they are before the fun begins.  It wasn't too cold but the snow was pretty wet.  In the background you can see a conveyor belt thing that you stand on to go up the hill.

Having the conveyor belt there instead of having to hike up the hill makes all the difference, especially for the little ones.

We slid down the hill on inner tubes.  They had inner tubes where two people could ride on at the same time.  The girls enjoyed going down with their cousins.

We stopped for a while to have a snack and refuel.

We stayed up there for a couple of hours which was just the right amount of time for the girls.  Elvin usually went down by himself, and so took a video of the kids going down too.