Winter Wonderland

We've been gone since Friday. We spent the weekend in Boise celebrating Christmas with our families. We had a great time but we knew what would be awaiting us when we returned. It snowed over 25 inches. It's absolutely beautiful but it has been a nightmare trying to dig out the cars and clear the driveway. Thank goodness for me sweet neighbor Dixie. She saw me out shoveling this morning and brought her snow blower over and saved me hours of work. Michael's going to be so proud of me!!! Here's to our first Christmas as Mr. and Mrs and what a beautiful snowy one it will be. We're expected to get another 8 inches tomorrow and 8-10 inches on Christmas Day.



Wednesday Night



Trying to get the car out so we can get to the airport



Thursday Night



Poor old Blue



Monday Morning

Birthday Girl!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATALIE! This girl is one in a million. The most loyal and supportive friend you could ever find. LOVE YOU NATALIE!

UTAH HERE I COME!

I have been wanting to go to Utah for a long time to see the bff's Natalie and Rosanne but there are never any good deals on flights. So I was just looking tonight and I found a round trip ticket for only $97. SO EXCITED! Michael is leaving to go hunting for a week on Saturday so I figure I can treat myself to a little girls weekend.



I'll be eating Cafe Rio for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! 23 days and counting...CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU!!!!!

SEATTLE

We finally went to Seattle and it was so much fun! Our neighbors were going over to see some friends and offered to drop us off downtown. It was a very last minute idea so we got on Priceline Thursday night and got a great hotel downtown on 5th Ave for only $70 a night! Saturday we went to Pike Place Market, Chinatown, Space Needle, Experience Music Project, had lunch in Little Italy, did some shopping at H&M and the original Nordstrom. On Sunday we went to the Seattle Aquarium ( my favorite tourists activity) and just walked around downtown until we got picked up. I have always loved the "big city life" Michael kept saying we should move to Seattle, but I don't think I could deal with all of those people everyday. We had a great time and we will defiantly be going back!



Pike Place



Michael rockin out



Space Needle



I loved the tide pools






Mr. Octopus

Hello Brunette!!

I finally got the courage to do it! After seven years of being a blond I'm finally back to my natural hair color!

Happy Birthday Michael Lyle!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL! Words can't express how thankful I am that you were born 28 years ago. Michael's honest, loving, loyal, supportive, hard working, a best friend, and he's mine FOREVER. I love you Mikey! HAPPY, HAPPY DAY!!

Anderson Lake

Michael LOVES to go backpacking. To me the thought of carrying everything that you need in on your back, eating dehydrated meals, no toilets or running water, being attacked by wildlife really isn't my idea of a good time. However, we went backpacking over Labor Day in Northern Idaho and I actually enjoyed myself. We hiked into Anderson Lake, it's about 30 miles south of Sandpoint, ID. The hike in was only about 3 miles but it was uphill the entire way. I was scared to death we were going to be attacked my a grizzly bear after we kept seeing large piles of bear scat along the trail. We had so much fun after we got to the lake and set up camp. It was absolutely beautiful! We we're planning on staying until Monday but Sunday afternoon it started to hail/snow. We played a game of phase 10 in the tent and decided if it hadn't stopped by the time the game was over we would pack up and leave. The sky was getting darker and it started to thunder so we quickly broke up camp and headed home. It was a great weekend, very nice to get away and just enjoy each other without any distractions. I'm already looking forward to our trip next year.



Happy Campers



Michael getting water from the lake



Chimney Rock



Catching Dinner