A stop by Cascade...

We got to spend some time with Jerrod, Angela and the kids this weekend. We don't get to see them often so this was a nice change. We took them their Christmas gifts, it was a very Blue & Orange Christmas for them, if you know what I mean: )

I love this picture of Jerrod and Hailey!

The kids played great together!
Brett is such a Q-T!
Look at those future BSU players!

It was great to just get to hang out!

Winter Carnival McCall, Id 2011

Well, you guessed it! This made Tristan's day! Thomas The Train hit McCall in the form of an ice sculpture! The only problem was we spent the rest of the day looking for Percy, another engine from the Thomas series, unfortunately, Percy was no where to be found. We did, however, find some more ice sculptures!

Does this give you an idea of how big Thomas was? That is Tex on top of the snow pile.

Hello, a snow cone in the middle of winter????

Tristan wanted to ride a pony, and he didn't chicken out!

This sculpture was in front of The Mill. It was so funny. It is an outhouse with a bear looking in on the guy on the right. On the left was just a toilet, you can see the fun the visitor's were having with the sculpture!

This sculpture won Grand Champion. It was a series of sculptures in front of the wood carvers building. They were absolutely amazing. These pictures just don't do them justice.






After spending the day in McCall, we headed back to Tamarack for some dinner and hot tub time! Another wonderful day!

Just us!

A few weeks ago Tex asked me to check with Sue to see if the townhouse was available. He wanted to take me up to the winter festival in McCall. We came up Thursday night and just hung out for the night. Friday morning we got up and had breakfast, I made Tex breakfast in bed. After breakfast we got in the hot tub for a bit before hitting the mountain. Tristan was a trooper today! He had a blast on the hill! It was a beautiful day too. After about an hour and a half Tristan was ready to go. Tex took a couple more runs while I took Tristan to the truck and then they went into McCall. I on the other hand, headed up the mountain to get some quality skiing in. It was absolutely amazing!

So, I asked Tristan what the best part of his day was while we were on the chair lift... and he said, "you mommy". OMG my heart just melted! I love being a mom!

After a fun filled day of skiing, we headed into McCall for the opening ceremonies of the winter carnival and the fireworks that followed. We met Jerrod, Angela, and the kids there too. It was a great fireworks display!








After we got home we started up a fire and roasted some marshmallows. What an absolutely wonderful day! Thanks honey! I love you!