Sledding

   We took Alex sledding for the first time today.  We ended up having a great time, but our field trip started out a bit rocky.  We didn't have a sled, so we thought we'd just go to the closest store and pick one up.  Boy were we wrong.  Who knew finding a plastic sled in the middle of winter, in Utah would be hard to find?  We started out going to K-mart with no luck, then we went to Walgreen's and Rite Aide, still nothing.  We took a ride out to Walmart where I almost cried after finding plastic snowboards and a foam boogie board but no plastic sleds.  We considered buying everything from a large Frisbee to a storage bin lid.  After wandering around for some time with no luck, we decided we were on a mission.  We would not rest until we had a sled.  We went to Albertsons and Harmon's (where I almost convinced myself that a laundry basket might do the job quite well) and were about to make our way out to Target when John, presumably guided by the sledding gods, pulled into the parking lot of Big 5 Sporting Goods.  We hit the jackpot!  Every kind of sled you could imagine, they had.  From a sledding disk to a toboggan to a blow up snowmobile.  So two hours, seven stores and $25 later we had ourselves a brand new blue two seater complete with a pull cord and brakes.  It was totally worth it too: