Our Big Adventure

Right after Halloween Ashlyn, Terry and I came down with the swine flu. So we were locked up in our house for over a week. So once we were all feeling up to it, we decided it was time to get out of the house. So rather than going to a movie, or anything else that would keep us indoors, we decided to go on an "adventure". (Well, that's what we called it anyways!) So we all dressed up real warm, grabbed our winter gloves and hats, and piled into the car. The kids were sooo excited. Terry drove us up to Swan Valley, and over to the "girls camp" over there. And here is what we saw...

The world's biggest slide!
(or at least the biggest slide I have ever seen!)

Terry's Grandpa Peterson helped build this slide, and was actually the first person to ever go down it!

Blake did not even hesitate. He ran up the stairs, got on, and slid down. I was terrified!! I just knew he was going to fall over the side to his death! Luckily I was wrong, though he did shoot off the bottom of the slide. He got going pretty fast down that thing!

Terry being a kid. He was just as excited to go down it as Blake was!


Ashlyn and I were happy enough to just watch. She was too scared to go down it, and I was too scared for her to go down it!!

(Terry did take some pictures of me, but I look like a Sumo Wrestler in them so I decided to leave those out!)

After we had enough fun on the slide, the kids got to swing, and we threw around a frisbee for a little while. We also went on a short hike on one of the trails that were up there. Then on our way home we stopped and had some of the "famous" square ice cream cones. We had fun, and it felt wonderful to step out of the house for a little fresh air!!