Winter Fun?

What do bon fires, spot-a-pots, lakes, sunshine and hot-dog roasts sound like?

Winter games of course!!!

A few weekends ago we stood out in the cold on the ice.

On a lake.

Outside.

Yes, I realize that lakes generally are outside and that in order to stand on it, it must be ice. And to have ice it must be cold.

And it was. See all the vehicles, those are on the ice too. So you know its been cold because that's a lot of weight on the ice. Yes, this is something I thought about once or twice. Both of those times were when I was inside the spot-a-pot. That is a life altering experience on a normal day. Try it when it shakes as the person nexts to you steps aboard and you are trying to peel back all of the layers you put on that morning, thinking of warmth, not potty breaks. That's when you start to question the depth of the ice and hope and pray with all of your being that this isn't the moment that the ice is suddenly going to be overcome with weight and you are going crashing into the lake in a spot a pot. Wouldn't that be a dreadful end.

In Iowa you have to be tough to survive the winter. Right Jackson? Jackson...

You okay bud?!

Look at this kids breath.

He is happy by the way... I was just trying to get a picture of the steam coming off his hat. He didn't appreciate the timing of my humor. Rarely does he.

 Despite the frozen toes, the numb fingers, dodging drunk snowmobilers, and the spot-a-pot experience, this weekend was great! The memories were priceless. A game was played where nothing but fun mattered- this was evident by the fact that the home team was short players- by approximately a  team, and so half our boys went on their team. And won. It was fun.

Even the sisters of the players had some fun!

Some get pulled on a lake behind a boat, we go behind a parent tied to a rope.

What do you do for winter fun?

Do you have an abundance of warm weather so you go out and play?

Or do you stay couped up inside like the bears until the snow goes away?