Where has the time gone!

I read other people's blogs and never get around to blogging my own news and I think it is about time to do so. I could use the excuse that I haven't been home much and I will. Of the 115 days between Feb. 11 and June 5, I was gone 46 of them. A trip to Las Vegas in February, to Michigan at the end of Feb. and first of March, to Hawaii in April, home for 3 days and then on a cruise the first week of May, home for about two weeks and back to Michigan, driving across the country to Denver via Nauvoo and then to Las Vegas to recover my car that my kid took down there while I was gone with a clothes drier in the back. (It was the little Prius, too). Just when I was thinking that I had finally recouperated, the doorbell rang on Saturday in June, and it was a surprise visit from the Hawaii Kids! They were here for and month and we just sent them off back to their home today! We are now missing hugs and kisses from the little ones. Two weeks ago, when Eric went home, Gracie cried all the way back to our house, "No Gwamma's house, go Gracie's house!" over and over. I guess that's how we all feel when we've been away from home too long.

Vacations are over...now I have to do my yardwork and housework. I think I'll join in with Gracie's, "No Gwamma's house. Go Gracie's house!"

Lizzy's Baptism

Aren't these just the cutest kids? This was at Elizabeth's baptism on March 2 in Michigan. (I'm just figuring out the picture thing) Gage wasn't planning on singing but just went up impromptu. Unfortunatly, my camera only does one minute of video so the end of the song is missing.

Winter's last spit...hopefully....maybe....HA!

Last Thursday we were awakened with the ringing of the phone at 6:15 a.m. That usually means just one thing....Fremont school district is closed due to weather. But this was a whole week after the first day of spring!?!? I looked out to see what was going on but couldn't see much. We were having a ferocious ground blizzard! There was a sheet of ice on the hiway, 3-4 foot drifts across the roads and zero visibilty at times. I called it Winter's last spit. But alas, it was not the last one. We had snowing and blowing this morning too! Not as bad as last Thursday, because no schools were closed but still.....it's almost April! PLEEEEASE!

These pictures were taken about a month ago. Craig is standing by the drift that has been behind our house. The cats are sitting atop this same drift looking in the dining room window. It has mostly melted now (there's only 3 feet left) But the drift on the northside of the house is still about 6 feet deep and is not melting very fast. Aaahhhh! IDAHO

Oh-oh! It's been to long since Rob showed me how to do this and I don't remember. Maybe it will post...I hope.
Last week, I used the rest of my saved up ski money and went skiing twice! Targhee had a two for one special on Tuesdays in Feb. and the first 2 Tuesdays in March. So I found a friend to go with me and we went skiing at Targhee. I realize I get a little freaked out on steep slopes and do a lot of traversing. It makes for a long run. Although my friend (Nancy J.) hadn't been skiing for ten years, she had to wait for me a lot. But we had a great time and the day was nice. The sun even came out a few times. Then on Friday, I went to Kelly Canyon for one last time this season. They closed Sunday. What a shame, too...they still have really good snow and a lot of it...an anomaly for Kelly. It was a beautiful day and the sun came out quite a bit. Funny thing, it was sunny skies everywhere except up Kelly Canyon. The clouds kind of got stuck on the mountains.
Kelly had about 3-4" of new snow and it was nice skiing. But my first run down, I realized that it had not been a long enough time since the day at Targhee for my legs to fully recuperate...ouch!
Sandy, Shawn and Jeff took Andrew up to teach him how to ski. Six-year-olds look very tiny on the hill. Andrew did well for the first time. He could snowplow in control and could make turns when someone hollered at him to turn. He like going straight down the hill and the fact that his rental skiis had "fire" on them. The last run of the day, I was skiing by Sandy as she was with Andrew and Grandpa Jeff came along. Andrew started following Jeff and Sandy and I assumed all was well. Only problem was that Jeff didn't know Andrew was behind him and Jeff was going fast down the mountain. When Sandy and I came over the hill, there was Andrew, facedown in the snow with his skiis torn off further up the hill. Shawn was helping him as we got there. Andrew was crying,"Grandpa was going too fast! "

It has been fun skiing this year because we've actually had some snow. It's too long of winter here not to get out and do something in the snow. Although the Prius is the pits on slick winter roads, it makes it up to Kelly Canyon just fine so I guess we'll keep it a while longer, especially with gas prices going up and up.

In Michigan

I now know why every new blogger's first post starts out: I finally figured out how to work this #%&*# blog! You have to have someone who is younger than 50 to show you how to work one of these &*#$% things. Robby showed me how here in Michigan.
We are here for Elizabeth's baptism. Yes, she is really eight-years-old.
It is as snowy here as it is in Idaho. Colder, though. Visiting Michigan is the only time I say I want to go to Idaho to get warm! We have had a wonderful visit here since last Thursday. We go home tomorrow. When I get home, I will try for pictures. Ha! I keep saying that!

Winter summers home

Okay...I'm entering the world of blog. Maybe there isn't as much snow in this new world as there is in my old one. I can only hope. I drove on real pavement today for the first time in a week or so. Of course, I haven't driven too much because lately you haven't been able to see where you are...on the road or in the snowbanks. And I have a very stupid little car! I love my little car in the summer when the roads are dry and the wind isn't blowing and when I only pay 20 bucks to fill the tank. But pleeese don't ask how I like it now!


I will try for pictures later.