on saturday, i decided that it would be fun to go to midway to see the midway ice castles that i had heard about from a few different people. it seemed like something that the kids would enjoy, so we loaded the whole family up and headed up the canyon.
i actually didn't really know what to expect and it was different than i had imagined. i imagined something more like fancy ice forts, but these were more organic in nature. it was also a little more expensive and a little less... well, less, than i had imagined. randy and i had to remind each other that we are often too practical and that it was a fun family outing. at least the girls were free.
we got the girls all bundled up when we got there and then ventured through the various ice castles.
you can see the guy working on the castles in the background in these two pictures. he makes them by moving pipes around that slowly spray out water and depending on placement, etc., it forms different structures.
the moon was just coming out and it was really beautiful to look up at the sky from below the castles. i'm glad that randy snapped these shots on his phone.
i think this was madeleine looking up at the moon.
diane fell down in the snow at one point when i set her down to take a picture for a family. of course, instead of picking her up, we took a picture.
by the end of our short walk, the girls were freezing and ready to go home. diane may have screamed the whole drive home. i'm glad that we took the pictures we did because i think that it sweetened the memories for me a little bit. not sure we'll be doing this one again soon.
1 comment:
These are great pictures! I had no idea that we had ice castles anywhere around here. I'll have to have a date with Bruce and go check them out myself.
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