Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Happy New Years in Idaho





Driving down. We were able to meet up with Tony & Nicole in Wyoming and stay the night at a motel.  It made it fun to swap kids the next day for the rest of the ride.  We stopped in Pinedale and used their community center pool, basketball, and rock climbing wall.

The great "Things" with all the family, it is tough with that many, but so fun!
Our cute 16 year old wanted some poses in the snow. It snowed and snowed while we were there.




Fun and Games and Grandma & Grandpa Pirtles house.  Aunt Norma came and played "Cover your assets" and won!


The sleepover of siblings on Grandmas floor (and couch)


Brent and Gaylene had us for christmas and they made a super fun and challenging scavenger hunt for us, with riddles and little disks that we could scan to find the next clue.  They took us all around Idaho Falls to a japanese garden, the library, an art musuem, and at last a yummy little cookie shop.  What a great gift and lasting memory!







Grandma & Grandpa passed out presents to everyone, it was so fun to be together to open them.  They gave the older kids a personal Book of Mormon with tabs that had questions they could turn to in the scriptures for answers, along with a personal handwritten note from both Grandma & Grandpa and $10 (wow - that was a really great gift).  They younger girls all got these matching heart fleece hoodies that are so soft, they loved being matchy.  My parents also gave us all a fun puzzle/quilt block that we had contest putting together, we have played it alone at home and it is a fun brain game.


Ephraim had a little accident on the stairs and got a shiner.  This picture makes me laugh, but it was really sad to see his eye.  It puffed up so much he couldn't even open it for a full day.  But he didn't mind at all, it did not stop him one bit.





Ahhh Baby Samuel was a big hit at the POBAL




Brea really got into the plays during the talent show - she was a hoot.  It was so fun to see what they came up with and how they all worked together to put on a great show

The Ice Palace was beautiful and we got to see Elsa and Olaf!  Sledding was fun, the whole experience was really magical.









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