The Ridge Yurt Trip

Rob's dad has been going to some Yurts in the Uinta's above Evanston now for 4 or 5 years. This past summer, he invited us to go with them to help do some summer upkeep on one of the yurts. As a result, we were able to get a reservation to use this winter!! Rob and I headed out for the yurt Thursday night, and spent some time wandering in the woods trying to locate it!! Rob took off into the trees to see if the yurt was up on the ridge, and managed to get himself stuck pretty good!! I, luckily, did not follow and waited patiently for him to emerge from the woods!!! I got this picture as he came out.

We finally made it to the yurt and enjoyed a nice evening, just the two of us. I forgot to bring cards and games to play, but luckily we had my kindle and we had fun playing crossword puzzles all night. Here are a couple pictures of the yurt. There is a nice little "kitchen" area, and the next picture shows the bunks.

Friday morning, Rob and I enjoyed a nice little ride up to the top of the mountain. About noon, our friends Kye and Kelly joined us. We spent the afternoon snowmobiling and then a fun evening in the yurt.

We were lucky enough to have a full moon and enjoyed a nice little night hike before heading back to the yurt!

Dancing Queen(s)

Taylor loves to watch cartoons, unfortunately for her, I don't like her to catch cartoons ALL day long!! She tends to get quite upset when I tell her that she cannot watch cartoons every second of the day...so I had to come up with something that would distract her! I finally came up with a solution. I turn on pandora, which is an internet radio station, and it will play all children's songs and the girls love them!! I wish the volume was better, but I think that the song that they are dancing to is "The Wheels on the Bus." In the second clip, you can see Tay pause to honk the horn! :)

February?!?!?! What's with this weather?

As much as I love the winter and playing in the snow, I must admit that I have enjoyed the nice "spring time" weather that we have been having!! The girls, with their friend Amy, enjoyed some time outside the other day!

Amy and Taylor enjoyed going up and down the slide and climbing up the side of the playset! Jordan was just ecstatic to be a "big girl" and ran laps around the top of the slide! This summer is going to be so much fun for the girls! And I am excited to have somewhere to send them to play!!

Strawberry Afternoon!

We decided to head for the hills (and there still wasn't much snow!) with some friends and spend some time with the kids in the snow. It was tons of fun to spend some time with Taylor playing on her snowmobile. Grandpa and Grandma Smathers gave the girls their little snowmobile sled for Christmas and this was the first time they have had a chance to ride it...And Taylor LOVED every moment of it! She also loved riding the big sleds and kept asking for more! Here are some fun pics!