We made it to Wyoming!

On our way to Gina's house in Wyoming, we stopped to visit friends in Logan. After a nice chat and delicious dinner, we headed north. It had been snowing off and on most of the day and once it got dark the roads deteriorated quickly. As we traveled over smaller and smaller roads through the mountains we found ourselves driving slower and slower through slush, snow and then ice.

We were almost to the top of one of the passes when we just couldn't go any further. Our car (without snow tires) couldn't get any traction and we just spun and spun. Adam got out and pushed for a bit (he's quite the man) but finally gave up. A nice couple stopped and asked if they could help but they didn't have chains or cell service. Just when we thought we would have to turn around and head back to Logan another couple stopped and suggested they pull us to the top of the mountain and we could make it out of the pass.

He got out his chain and he and Adam (by light of Treo) hooked us up. By this time Dallin was a basket case. He was sobbing and scared that we would never find our way out of the woods. We hugged him and talked about how grateful we were to nice people who stopped and how we should always help others when we can. We made it out of the mountains and for the rest of our vacation Dallin reminded us we needed to buy chains!

After a looooong drive (normally a 2 hour drive turned into 4 1/2) we made it to Star Valley! We thought we could just sneak into Gina and Kelly's house and not wake anyone, but of course all the kids were awake waiting for us to get there. We sure felt loved!

The first thing on the agenda for the next morning was sledding-of course!! So, out came the snow clothes.Maura was grateful for the use of the puppy-dog hat.
Dallin thought the goggles were cool!
My dad has several 4-wheelers and lots of sleds we used for hours and hours and hours!
The boys all got on one sled,
the babies on the other (minded by Reese of course).
We even pumped up the raft we use on the lake and tied it behind-it was awesome!
I think Dallin had more fun than anyone!
Well, it was a tie between him and Adam (hee hee).
Okay, a three way tie!
Who knew snow could be so miserable and so much fun!