Easter Sunday Activities

Since I have only witnessed two Easters with snow involved (I remember a snowball fight at my aunt's in Minot, ND and this year), I decided I should do something special to celebrate.

First off, my family called me on Skype after their Easter dinner. As foam bullets whizzed at my computer screen, my cousins, my brother, my dad, and more kept firing the nerf-guns. It was quite the welcoming heart-warming hello! Since this is a tradition I am usually a part of, it made me feel special that I was still being included in the fun. How many families celebrate with such unique toys? I love them.
Once I said goodbye, I stuffed myself silly on ham and potatoes. Then, I set out to do one more personal goal that I had yet to fulfill in this winter wonderland-- build a snowman. Since the temperature is rising I knew it would be a good chance to play in the snow. However, I didn't want to make any old snowman.... I wanted to make a snow-bunny.

Next to the Yukon, my Easter bunny started to form. The snow was a little older, wetter, and more difficult to deal with that I realized. It was warm enough for the first time this season to not wear Base 3.0 base layers, two layers of face protection, and my windproof jacket liner. Good thing I "underdressed" because I struggled and sweated to roll any snowball close to the shape of a sphere. However, he finally came to life.



I was shocked when he hopped on my machine and tried to take it for a ride. He must have been the one who 15 minutes later got it stuck in the sloppy dense snow... ;) I had to call for Josh's guns to get me out because after soaking my clothes and accidentally packing the snow more with my hands I couldn't get that thing to budge!