Enjoying the snow in Idaho

So before I got to Idaho......

So I was planning on leaving Cheyenne Monday morning so I could drive on a sunny day all the way to Utah and then drive to Idaho on Tuesday... well it didn't work out that way.  The whole stretch across Wyoming on the I-80 was closed to high profile vehicles and vehicles pulling trailers (that would be me) due to the strong wind advisory they were having that was bringing this cold front and winter storm in.  The wind gusts were 65mph+ so Monday was out of the question.... So that left me with Tuesday which had snow showers but it was just the beggining of a 10 day forcast of endless snow in the forecast.  So it was attempt the trip on Tuesday or not at all right now and I chose now.  So Tuesday morning I headed out and had clear roads until I just got past Laramie Wyoming which is about an hour into the trip.  That is when the snow started falling.  So for most of my 'supposed to be 6 1/2 hour trip' was snow and I went about 35mph and it took me 14 hours to get to Ogden Utah.  i was so grateful to make it there and with out any problems (except for the few times fish tailing with the horse trailer) 

So Wednesday morning I made the rest of the trip in 5 hours to Boise.  It was so nice to finally reach my destination.  I got here right in time because I went and stayed the night at my sister Rachel's house and her water broke just minutes after we went to bed.  She has brought a beautiful healthy baby girl into the world named Mary Grace Syphus.  My mom and I helped with the kids for the weekend and enjoyed that.

Saturday morning we woke up to thick snow 6 inches deep :)

So the cousins played in the snow with the four wheeler and knee board (that Grandpa ingeniously drilled a whole in the front part to be pulled behind the four wheeler)

Mitchell, Michael, Richie, Joseph and Gideon

Brooklynn on the board

Benjamin and Bridger

Us girls getting ready for the cold

Becca and us

Cute Jones Girls

So cute in the snow!

Grandpas weather vane and kids playing in the field

Gideon on the board and loving every moment.

my parents are selling the farm and so it was really nice to spend some time out there playing.  We will miss this place whenever it sells one of these days.

PS:

we are missing daddy :(  Love you babe!

Our house and November

This is what Bridger and Gideon enjoyed doing is make cup towers during the process of moving in.

Arya eating on the counter for we had no table chairs or high chair yet

Getting our stuff delivered

Finding some things not that well packed :( My pottery from France~

Bridger and Arya being silly on the back porch

She thought this was so funny :)

Kids bathroom upstairs

We laid down a floor in the dining room.  It was all carpet and with kids that is just asking for trouble so we got some OSB board, carpet tape and a 8x12 piece of vinyl and now we have a floor to protect the carpet.

I had an old table I have been wanting to re due for a while now and finally did.  I spent a few hours sanding then painted and stained and hope it would dry by the time the missionaries came for dinner :)  We were good to go.  The missionaried even carried our table inside so we could eat on it.  Joseph's back went out on him due to some strenuous training he did and so he couldn't lift anything so it was great the missionaries were able to do it.

This is Arya's room so far

 Our little princess has a place to lay down her head :)

This poor girl was standing in front of a door when the wind blew it closed and knocked her right out onto the pavement.  She scaped up her face pretty good and eventually looked like Rudolph :) 

Our dining room/library finished

Our living room

Gallery wall

Part of the kitchen

and our baby girl ready to go play in the snow....she could barely move.  It was really funny!

This is our Thanksgiving feast.  It was so Yummy!!  It was weird just having our family and I prefer having friends and family at dinner but we made due and enjoyed the day eating and watching movies.  I made a juicy turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn on the cob, a fruit salad, homemade roles, pumpkin pie, lemon pie and cheesecake for our feast.....We enjoyed it all weekend.

I didn't get pictures but for our family activity on Saturday we went shooting.  It was the boys first time ever and they got to shoot daddy's 45 revolver.  The LOVED it and we are excited to start teaching them more about guns and safety and how to shoot.  It was fun being up in the hills too.  Made me miss having a motorcycle but it was a very nice outing together as a family.  

After that we came back home grabbed some dinner and made hot chocolate and headed out to the Cheyennes Christmas Night light parade.  We found a spot on the street set out our blankets drank hot cocoa and enjoyed the beginning of a wonderful season.  I love this time of year and look forward to the snow, the Christmas light and the wonderful beautiful spirit that accompany's it all.

Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to head out and enjoy our road trip to Idaho.  It will be just me and the kiddos for Joseph took off for work today.  I was going to go today but since the roads were closed to light vehicles because of 65 mph wind gusts we stayed home today. :)  Better luck tomorrow :)

Camping in the cabin

I am back....
It feels good to finally update my blog again.
So on the 28th of October we were kicked out of our hotel because we had reached our 30 day mark.  So we decided to go camping in a little cabin at the on base campground.  We rented a gas stove a heater and sleeping bags to make the experience a little better since we still at this point had nothing but our suitcases we brought from Germany.
The cabin was freezing when we got there and decided to go to Walmart and get another space heater to get it warmer.  It became quite cozy and an adventure.  The boys had a bunk bed we had the full and Arya had a porta-crib we borrowed.  She slept better the 3 nights we were there then she did the whole time in TLF.  It was GREAT!  

Dressed warm with her gloves

Posing for a picture

This is in the laundry room in the lodge area.  They had a microwave there and we made hot chocolate in the mornings :)

This is the little cabin we stayed in.  It was charming with a little porch swing on it.

The antelope are all over the base along with Canadian geese.  Both are protected as the base is a reserve for them.

Family photo on the front porch

It was fun to watch a military exercise unfold right in front of us.  They used the truck as a convoy where the transfer a nuclear weapon which is surrounded by humvis.  There were two helicopters flying low above us to for an extra eye on the ground.  So they role played some bad guys trying to get to the nuke and they had to set up snipers and people all over around this truck.  It was interesting to watch.  

While daddy had the car and was at training we took a walk as we got a break from the clouds and the sun came out.  We walked down by the creek that was practically overflowing and ice cycles were everywhere in the trees.

Playing on the swing.  Arya loved this :)

Fresh snow on the ground