It was such a cold winter, but then overnight in the middle of February, spring came suddenly. Since it's the end of February, winter is officially done in my mind. Here's a recap of our Winter Top Ten list:
1. Find a Christmas tree in the mountains
Completed 12/13; we got it rather late this year! We went up Perreau Creek on a Sunday afternoon, right after a snow-dusting on the mountains. It was beautiful, and we found a nice tree without much of a hike!
2. Spend Christmas morning at home
Completed 12/25. It was a fantastic day! We were so happy to have a white Christmas, since it snowed on Christmas Eve. We spent the morning opening gifts, the afternoon sledding, and the evening having a nice Christmas dinner with family.
3. Go skiing with Grandpa P. in Utah
Completed 12/29, except Grandpa P. was unable to join us. During Christmas Break, we went to Utah and planned on going up to Beaver Mountain with Grandpa, but he wasn't feeling well, so we went skiing/snowboarding with the Perkins girls instead. Jen and the 3 older girls joined us on the slopes, and Kanyon had his first snowboarding lesson!
4. Celebrate New Year's Eve with the Tolman's
Completed 12/31. The radio trivia contest was different this year, and it wasn't as much fun, but we ate lots of good food, opened gifts, talked, lit fireworks & sparklers outside, and finished a 1,000 piece puzzle together.
5. Celebrate Ammon's birthday
Completed 1/11. Ammon turned 15, and we had a nice birthday with family and one of his friends to celebrate his birthday. Unfortunately, we didn't do his requested family activity of going skiing/snowboarding due to illnesses. This was a big birthday for Ammon, though: he got his driver's license and contact lenses!
6. Go sledding
Completed 12/24-12/30. We went on Christmas Eve at the Linger's, on Christmas Day by our house, the day after Christmas at South Fork, and a few days later to the same place again with the Williams'. It was great to use the new sleds they'd gotten as gifts during the week of Christmas Break!
7. Watch Ammon's basketball games
Completed 2/13. Ammon played from December to mid-February. He had a good season, and scored a lot of 3-pointers to help his team.
8. Go skiing at Lost Trail
Unfortunately we never went skiing at Lost Trail as a family this winter. Ammon went a few times with friends, though. We might make it up there this spring (Ammon's will be going with the school)--it's still open a few more weeks and we have 3 free passes that still need to be used!
9. Celebrate Kanyon's birthday
Completed 2/10. He had a friend party this year at Blast-Off (a family fun center in Idaho Falls). A few days before his birthday, we had his birthday dinner, birthday cake, and he got to open his gifts since Josh was in Boise for work meetings on his actual birthday. It was a big birthday for Kanyon: he turned 8 and got baptized two weeks later!
10. Take a family outing to Jackson Hot Springs
Unfortunately, this never happened. We've never been, but I wanted to go, so I had planned on correlating this activity with a family ski day sometime, but since that never happened, this didn't either.
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