Monday, January 23, 2012

Finally Snow!

We woke up to a pretty major snowstorm last Wednesday. By midday I think we probably had 4-5 inches on the ground. The kids were so excited!
Unfortunately, this is what the yard looked like the very next day:

The snow turned to rain and melted it all away before the kids had much of a chance to play.

So we decided to head to the mountains to my uncle's cabin where there was considerably more snow:
 Like four feet of snow.

We got an additional 6 or 7 inches the night we drove up (scariest car ride of my life!)

Just to add to the adventure the power went out around 2 am, probably due to the heavy snow crashing branches into the power lines.
It never came back on. Thank goodness we had these propane heaters that kept the cabin warm and helped us rethink our cooking plans. (Toast and hot dogs...perfect breakfast and lunch!)
We really didn't need electricity because all of the fun was outside! The kids had an absolute blast!



 




My cousin Paul cleared a great sledding hill to go down.

Even I was brave enough to try it!



I also enjoyed getting a chance to try out the new camera lens I got for Christmas.
It is such a beautiful area up there with gorgeous trees everywhere.

We also saw some amazing views on the drive home.



Not too bad for iphone pics!

It was a great weekend and we loved having our own winter wonderland just a few hours from home.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Christmas 2011

It's been four years since we've all been able to spend Christmas together in Beaver, UT, my mom's hometown. (She has spent every Christmas of her life in the same house...imagine that!) Mark and I weren't planning on going down, but after much begging, pleading and a few tears, Mark agreed and we decided to head down and surprise everyone. I will never forget the looks on everyone's faces when we walked in the door.  Totally worth the 8 hour drive and packing our entire Christmas into the back of the suburban.
Here's the whole crew, all 33 of us.


Mark, Jason and Matt



 Moyes family

 Siblings

 Siblings acting like we usually do when we're together...goofy

" Strike a pose"

 Pretty much my favorite people in the whole world

 Opening one present on Christmas Eve


All the grandkids in new jammies

 Trevor in his Neil Diamond turtleneck



 Here's what Christmas for 30 looks like (this is actually just the kids, the adults opened presents after church)


 Pretty much total chaos


 And here's what Brady looked like the entire weekend...he wouldn't take these night vision goggles off.
Definitely a crazy, wonderful Christmas to remember.