Snowmobiling in Idaho

Kelly and I were able to get away last weekend for an early 10th anniversary. Kelly planned an awesome trip to West Yellowstone to go snowmobiling. Grandma Richards helped us out with watching the kids along with a few babysitters and Kelly's good friend Lisa. (thanks everyone who helped out) We flew to Idaho Falls on Thursday and stayed with Kelly's cousin Joe and his family. (thanks to you guys also) Friday we drove up to West, stopping by Big Judd's to get a burger. When we got up to Island Park I was amazed by how much snow there was. We stopped by the cabin and guess what was in the river, a baby and mamma moose.

That was exciting. Then we headed to West Yellowstone to check into our hotel. We looked around that day and relaxed that night. Saturday morning we wook up early to go into Yellowstone. You can only go in with a guide during the winter. Once we went in to the park we stopped at an eagle's nest to take pictures. Well guses what happened, I packed the camera, but forgot to put the battery back in. So we had to buy a disposable camera to take pictures in the park. We have yet to develop them, but once we do we will try to post them. The park was so beautiful with all the snow, and we passed the buffalo that were 5 feet from us. One time we were in the middle of a heard, and Kelly turned the sled on it's side, that was kind of freaky, but the buffalo just stood there. We got a good laugh from that. So al lthat day we spent in the park, and then went to the gusher for Pizza dinner. Sunday morning we woke up to about 4 inches of new snow. We had 2 snowmobiles rented that day, and so we took the trails to Macks Inn. We ride these trails all the time during the summer, but it looks totally different in the winter. It was so much fun, it stinks though, cause Kelly had a headache, and wasn't feeling good. We took a few pictures, and so here are some of them.

We had to hurry back to West, cause we had a flight at 7:15. We hurried back, and Joe took us to the airport, we pulled up and as we got out they announced over the intercom that our flight was delayed 5 hours. So we headed back to Joe and Hailey's, had a good dinner and relaxed, then Joe took us back to the airport around midnight. We landed in Las Vegas around 1:00 a.m. and Matt, Kelly's brother was kind enough to pick us up that late. (thanks Matt) We finally got to bed at 3:00 but were glad to be home and were excited to see the girls. Well sorry about the novel, but that was our trip. Thanks again everyone that helped out, and thanks to my beautiful wife for setting up a great weekend.

SandHollow

FUN with FRIENDS!

We had a great time with our friends the Quintars, four wheeling at Sand Hollow in St. George. It was a beautiful ride. We had the best of both worlds with beautiful red sand dunes on one side to green forest and and snow caped mountains surrounding us. It was a great weekend and the girls had alot of fun. Kylie still amazes us with her skills of riding so well at a young age. She scares us to death but seems to know what she's doing. Our friend Ringo bought a little 90 atv for Kylie and his niece Peyton to ride this weekend and you could tell the felt like hot stuff. Well we would like to say thank you to Ringo and Lisa for a fun weekend and we hope to do it again. We also want to let everyone know, Ringo is a builder and along with Wright engineering they have been given the opportunity to build the next home in Las Vegas for Extreme Home Makeover. It will be filmed in March so keep an eye out.

Long Weekend with Family in town

This past weekend we had a good time hanging out with Bo, Nicole, their kids,Deak,and my finally met Emily (Deak's Fiance for those who don't know). We has a fun time on Saturday we went to the world famous Las Vegas Zoo (I bet most of you have never been there). Saturday night (for Valentines Day) the adults went to dinner and a movie, Kelly and I went to see New in Town, while Bo,Nicole,Deak, and Emily went to see Taken (Kelly and I had already seen it). New in Town was OK and Taken is a very intense movie, if you have not seen it, go I do not think you will be disappointed.


On Sunday, Me, Kelly, Deak, Emily, and all the kids went to Red Rock National Park to take a few hikes. Bo and Nicole went to lunch with her brother. We had a good time at Red Rock, it was a little cold, and so we had to dress warm, but once you started hiking, it was fine. All the kids loved the hikes, and it was good to get them out of the house to get some excercise. Red Rock is a very beautiful and picturistic place. We enjoyed it very much. Once we got back we headed to Kelly's parents house for a valentines day party, and the kids had fun hanging out with the cousins. Once we got home, the kids were spent and so were we so we watched the Amazing Race and then went to bed.


On Monday, I had the day off and so we hung out for a little while, before everyone started to head back home. After everyone left, Kelly and I took the girls to Bass Pro Shop, to look around. The girls had a blast, they liked looking at all the boats, and Kassi kept asking which boat we were going to buy. I told her maybe some day we would be able to get one. We then went to check out the fish in the aquariams, and they enjoyed that. The girls also liked looking at all the stuffed animals. When we were leaving Kylie saw the rock climbing wall, and wanted to try it. It was only 3 dollars for 3 tries, so we let her try it. She did pretty good for her first time, and it was fun to watch her do it. That store is awesome, it makes me want to go camping, so i am making it a mission to take the family camping at least once this summer. So that is the big weekend that we had, Thanks to Bo and his family, and Deak and Emily for coming to visit, we enjoyed your company.

What is this girl going to do next?

First ballet,

then four wheeling,

then karate,

then softball,

and now soccer.

I was going through some old photos and decided to post a few of my favorites.

Just taking in some rays with my Mickey hat.