Snowy New Year's Eve

On NewYear's Eve morning we went up into the foothills by Idaho City (about 30 minutes away from Boise) to a winter wonderland. It only rained in Boise but up in the hills there was lots of snow. We invited Jared and Michelle but they did not have snow clothing for all of them and were unsucessful to find any at short notice. I went to clean the chuch the morning that we were going to go sledding and mentioned it to a couple there cleaning also and they invited themselves to go with us. We drove up to find about 2 feet of snow, it was deep in some places and would go up to my knees when I stepped in it. We had a lot of fun even though none of us had snow boots except McKay and we all got very wet but suprisingly not cold at all (McKay is often found in these pictures just laying in the snow and playing in it because he had very thick clothing on to keep him warm and protected). It was fun to have the other couple and their children with us for company and because they had a better sled than ours and it went a lot faster. It started raining on us though and things started getting a little slushy and we we were soaked and spent only about 1 1/2 hours there total. Hopefully the weather will be a little better and we can go again soon with Jared and Michelle.

Can you see me? I went off to try to find another trail to slide down but ours that we created was the best.

McKay would rather just play in the snow like he was at the beach then to go sledding. He would start to walk up the hill with us holding his hand and would purposefully slip and slid down the snow on his tummy and laugh and not want to stand up. In order for us to get him to the top and on a sled, we had to carry him. It was hard work so half the time we just left him at the bottom of the hill and he happily played while we went ahead and went sledding without him.