Winter isn't ALL bad...

As the thoughts of spring start to enter everyone's thoughts around here, I thought I'd look back at Robby's first winter in the Northwoods. As you will be able to see, I do believe he hasn't just "survived" it...as expected, he has really enjoyed it!!! Here are a few examples of the fun he's had...

He ice fished for the first time...and was happy to be rewarded with a great northern pike...it was love at first sight!

He and Faith are extreme buddies...inside and out! Not sure which one has more fun. Here, Robby has piled a large amount of snow on his lap...which for some reason was an invitation for Faith to dig through it as fast as she could...snow flies everywhere...she was completely manic!

Skating is one of his passions...he was very determined to create his own ice rink on the lake...and he did! As sooon as the ice was thick enough, Brad took the ATV out and plowed the area. The ice underneath was pretty rough...after a couple of interesting attempts to put water on the rink area in an attempt to refreeze it and make it smoother, Mother Nature helped out and provided us with a few warmer days...a fresh layer of water magically appeared and proceeded to refreeze...shy of a couple places, the rink was in great shape! Robby skated no matter what the temperature was! He even bought a hockey stick and a few pucks (which Faith thinks are just funny shaped toys!) to play around with. He is quite a good skater!!!

In a previous post, I showed the result of Robby jumping off his snowmobile and dropping to the snow to create a snow angel. We went again yesterday and he did it again for me...this time with my camera in hand to catch the action.

This is what it looks like when snowmobiling on Long Lake...there are so many tracks on the lake that it looks nearly like a snowmobile highway!

I took a shot like this of Brad the other day...wanted one of Robby too...check out those baby blues!

His other winter passions that I haven't yet gotten on "film" are sledding and his #1 passion, snowboarding. I'm really glad he likes winter up here in the Northwoods as much (or more!) than we do!!!