Engelberg, Switzerland

27 DEC 2013 - The purpose of our trip to this area was to go sledding. Now we're not talking the type of sledding we did last year where Eli's sled got away from him and went off a mountain cliff. No, we're talking about something much safer. Engelberg, Switzerland fit the bill quite nicely. The view just from the parking lot alone was awesome!

Engelberg, Switzerland

We found our way to the gondola and half way up the mountain, we found our kid-friendly sledding hill. You know it was good if both Eve and Heidi are all smiles!

One of the great things about this sledding hill was that it included a "magic carpet." This is basically a man-sized conveyor belt that takes sledders from the bottom of the hill, back to the top.

Eve: Dad, this isn't a man-sized conveyor belt... it's an Eve-sized conveyor belt. See!

Of course, we had a great time with the Anderson's. Jake joined Eli and I on a couple of runs down the hill. The scenery there was spectacular!

I think of all of our kids, Eli enjoyed going up and down and up and down and up and down the hill the most.

Eve was perfectly happy rolling, digging, playing, and laying in the snow. She did so much in the snow that day, her poor face felt the effects for days afterwards.