We waited for a few days after Christmas before heading to Idaho. The idea was to avoid stormy weather, but we did end up hitting some drifting snow along the Malad pass. We averaged about 50 mph on the drive. A plus was that we had our best gas mileage ever--almost 26 mpg. (With clear roads and average 80 mph on the way home we only got 22 mpg). And since we would both rather get there faster, that will probably be our gas mileage record. I am off topic. Idaho was a great time. The weather was even kind of, sort of warmish.
The kids played in the snow. I stayed inside, because even though it was fairly nice outside there are stray cats and there were a few mouse sightings too. Yulk. I am way to wimpy for farm living. I am not raising tough kids either because a mouse ran right across Zack's boot which sent him inside for the rest of the day. He left in such a rush that he left the boot behind. (Technically it didn't actually run across the boot, it ran passed it or is it past it? I didn't know so I just wrote that it ran across. I suppose I could have used in front of, but I didn't and I'm not changing it now.)
We (the adults) occupied ourselves playing this game. The first night we were being so noisy it drew the attention of the kids. They surrounded us and literally pushed Michelle out of the game. The next time we were a little more savvy and played in a different room and didn't allow the kids any where near us. It's really fun. Everyone likes it even though Matt and I won every game. I'm not bragging, just stating the facts.On New Years Eve we made up for ignoring the kids. We had a chocolate fountain, pajama party, face painting, party hat decorating, kids movie and a cousins sleep over.
They had way more fun than they are letting on:
This is a little better:
This strategically planned movie did enable us to get a little Last Word in (Matt & I won).
We were down a few kids by midnight but almost everyone
except Haylee
had fun celebrating the New Year.
