Sledding together alone.

When Mason got off work, we met up at his house. We went to lunch at The Habit to use our free burger coupons. It was good! I was really excited about today because Mason got off before noon and then we both had the whole day to spend together, which is pretty rare with school and the three jobs between us. But without school for these next couple weeks, and with Mason being released from his calling... well, it was a nice break.

We got ready and went to Pine Valley in Mason's truck. We took some sleds from my house. When we got up there, the road to the lake was gated shut and so we parked and hiked it to the lake instead.

When we got there, no one else was around at all. We didn't see a single soul the whole time we were in Pine Valley. It was actually really wonderful. We felt like we were in the middle of nowhere completely alone and carefree.

We sledded down the hill a few times, walked out on the frozen lake, and had a good time. We weren't there for long, though. We started walking back to the truck when the sun went down. Mason even dragged me on one of the sleds for part of the way just for fun :)

Oh, and then he taught me to drive his truck! See, I've been taught how to drive stick a couple times in my life, but I never continued practicing and so I've never felt comfortable with one. Maybe now I finally will.

When Mason started teaching me, it was seemingly impossibly difficult to get the dang thing even moving. And he was frustrated that he couldn't figure out what he was teaching me wrong. And then he realized... the parking break was on. Hahahaha I was about to give up before that. As soon as he turned off the break, I took off right away. And then I drove from Pine Valley all the way into town. He took over once we got to a stop light, though, cause I'm not comfortable stopping and starting all around town yet.

We got back to Mason's and we watched The Prince of Egypt in his room. He had never seen it. I love that movie and the music. And Mason.

Um. Bear.