Why We LOVE Winter!

Growing up in eastern Idaho there was always plenty of snow.  I remember snow so deep we couldn't open our front door.  I remember being snowed in for days and riding our snowmobiles to the store to pick up some groceries.  I learned to ski in 7th grade and I always loved riding the snowmobiles.  We would go outside often to sled for hours and hours.  Living on a hill helped.  Winter was a lot of fun.

Living in western Idaho, we don't get much snow.  I would say half our Christmases have been white.  This year was not a white Christmas.  We did have a snow storm about 2 weeks before Christmas, but it was all gone fast, and it hasn't snowed in the valley since. 

 This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland.  Jan. 31.  It was so beautiful I took a picture of our tree in the back yard before heading to church at 9am.  I thought it would be all gone by the time we got back.  I'm glad I took the picture because the trees were bare by the time church was out.  We did come home and made some snowmen before all the snow melted. 

Making snowmen has become a family tradition each winter.  When the heavy wet snow falls we run out and make our snowmen.  One year it happened in the morning before school.  I took the kids to school after our snowman was all done:) 

We went to Bogus on Saturday and had a really fun time.  We left Chloe with some friends and took Hailey.  Since she is a 5th grader she gets to ski for free 3 times at Bogus.  When you buy a season pass you get a free lift ticket.  Since we have 3 season passes I get 3 free tickets, so we headed up to Bogus for a day of skiing.  Hailey did really well.  We went on the back side of the mountain for most of the day.  It is full of black diamond runs and lots of powder.  She was a trooper and did a good job keeping up.  Joel and the boys are pretty good on their boards.  This is their 3rd season snowboarding.

Hailey...comin down!

This is what it's like to ride with Caden on the chair lift.

Wow... who is that!

Joel and Hailey on the top

Coelton

Caden