Big grandpa and grandma Ross

After Skiing we met grandma, AJ and Tessa at big grandpa and grandma Ross' house in Newdale. We were able to get some 4 generation pictures and some pictures of all my children with their great grandparents.

Marla Anderson, Audrey Rygmyr, Ruby Ross & Tessa Rygmyr

Great grandpa was so cute with Tessa. He held her and talked to her and was full of smiles with her.

Country skiing

 Since David had never been cross country skiing, we decided that we would do that before we left. Nathan wanted to come "country skiing" too. We rented our skis from BYU-I and headed up to Hariman in Island Park. The weather was absolutely beautiful, 34* and sunny. We brought a sled with us to carry our provisions (and Nathan when he got tired). Nathan surprised us, he did very well on his skis. At first when he would fall he needed help getting up but he soon learned to get up on his own. He has a very short stride (MUCH shorter than grandpa's!) so he went very slow, but he kept going and going.

Learning how to turn

Getting ready in the parking lot

Off we go!

Waiting

The one downhill part of the trip, Heather and I had to do it twice.

More waiting

Nathan pulling the sled

We had to convince Nathan to get in the sled, he had taken his skis off and was just walking with us.

We made it to the Jones house for our lunch, but it was closed so we had to eat outside.

Dad had given David a lesson on trains in Yellowstone along the trip, so he was able to read more about that at lunch.

We had a really fun trip, even if it did take us two hours to go 3 miles. It was worth it!

Family pictures

 There was freezing fog on Saturday, so on Sunday when we woke up the trees were beautiful with frost. After we got home from church I had grandma and aunt Heather take pictures of us in front of one of the neighbors trees. I think they are pretty cute in our wintery wonderland.

Sledding with the Porters

 On Saturday, one of mommy's friends growing up invited us  out to his house to go sledding with them. Since there wasn't much snow, we couldn't go downhill sledding anywhere but Bo (Porter) had a solution! He pulled us along in a sled with his RZR 4 wheeler. Anderson was a little nervous at the beginning so he rode in the front with David and Bo. Nathan loved being pulled in the sled with Bo's kids. They were laughing and screaming and eating snow the whole time. Thanks Bo and Celeste for the great day!

Tessa was happy just to be there.

David and I had a lot of fun driving the RZR

Anderson also liked riding in the sled.

And I have to admit, it was fun to be pulled.

Date night

 Because of the kindness of Aunt Heather, grandma and grandpa, David and I were able to drive down to Salt Lake City Utah to go to Temple Square. We drove down on Wednesday afternoon and checked into our hotel before heading to the Salt Lake temple to do a session. When we came out, the Christmas lights were on and it was beautiful! We walked around a bit to enjoy the Christmas music, lights and the different nativity scenes they had. After we were good and frozen from all the walking we went across the street to the new City Creek mall for dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. In the morning, before heading home we had a few stops we had to make: 1- the British Pantry and 2- In-N-Out Burger! The British Pantry moved locations and is much smaller now with a very small selection to choose from. In-N-Out however did not disappoint! Even though it was so cold outside, I could not resist getting a Neapolitan milk shake.

Temple Square

YUM!