New Years Eve

Josh's sister Tiffany and her family came to Salmon over New Year's. In the afternoon on New Years Eve, we all went sledding together. We decided to try out a new spot since there wasn't enough snow by our home or on Lover's Lookout Hill. We drove up Williams Creek Road to the South Fork turnoff and drove on that road until we got to a steep driveway leading to a ranch. That snow-packed driveway was the perfect spot! It was long and slick, and steep enough to get some great speed!

 

 

 We were there for a couple hours, and the kids all had a great time! They started going so fast on the driveway, that they'd continue on down the road and out of sight and it would be 10 minutes before we'd see them walking back! Edward made a fire near the base of the driveway, and that was a great idea! We were able to warm our fingers whenever we started getting cold. After a couple hours, it started snowing really hard, so we decided it was time to leave.

Ammon and Joel wanted to see how far they could sled down the road without stopping, so they started at the top of the driveway and began sledding down the road before we started driving. They'd gone about 3/4 before we reached them in the trucks! Even then, Ammon hadn't had enough of sledding, so we tied the sled to the back of the truck with a tow rope, and he followed behind us until we reached Williams Creek Road. His face was so snow-covered that he couldn't see most of the time he followed! It was a hilarious sight!

 When we got home, we warmed up with some hot cocoa and dried our cold wet bodies! Then we headed down to Ed & Kathy's that evening for the annual New Year's Party. We ate lots of food, the kids did a puzzle, we participated in the New Year's 60's Radio Trivia Contest and we played along with the musical montage. We figured out all the songs this year (again!) and we won the contest (again!) to earn the prize of $20. We figured out all the songs & artists, along with this year's theme of U.S. Presidents, and called it in the radio station at about 10:30. After that, Ammon lit our bottle rocket fireworks in Grandma's yard, and we went home around 11:00. Usually we stay up until midnight, but we were getting up to head to Utah early the next morning, so we wanted the boys to get some extra sleep before our trip.

It was a fun New Year's Eve! We were so glad that we went sledding and had a good time with the cousins, and it was very rewarding to win the Radio contest once again, too!