Wintermuck and Winterfest

Wintermuck!

I told you about my sister and her crazy dream about a holiday called Wintermuck! Well we have officially celebrated the first annual Wintermuck and it was a huge success. Thanks to Brandon's parents we were able to celebrate in their huge field behind their house. We had all of the traditional Wintermuck festivities. We had a bonfire and roasted hotdogs. Apparently Alli is a hot dog fan! Just teasing Al! Snow Wrestling which I hear will be introduced at the next Olympics! I think Mitch was mad because Alli ate all the hot dogs! Snowball fights where the object of the game is to hit Mitch and then get dumped in the snow. The ugly sweater contest. Here is our big winner (or big LOSER)! We also had a great time chatting and watching/riding the sleds! We opted for 4-wheeling for dragging the sleds around the meadow instead of snow mobiles since some of the more wealthy among us already own those it seemed the cheaper way to go plus we didn't know how much snow there would actually be on the ground! It was an absolute wonderful way to celebrate the joy of winter while chasing off the winterblues with a healthy dose of spring anticipation! Hanging with cousins was the favorite activity for most of the kids! We also celebrated Sara, Kassidy and Lauren's birthdays! One of the highlights was when several deer gracefully lept through the meadow! It was like being in the mountains but with a flushing toilet! I don't know who she is texting since we were all RIGHT THERE! Maybe Brandon was on the 4-wheeler at the time! Aawww. Newlyweds! Thanks to Tricia and Brandon for planning and providing a lot of the food! Thanks to Andrew for taking charge of the equipment and hauling everything around! Thanks to Brad for breaking a 4-wheeler so Andrew would have something to work on this week! The best part of WinterMuck is that it put Haley into labor that night! Although she was still in labor 2 days later!! She is such a trooper to go for a 4-wheeler ride.

Winterfest!

Immediately after Wintermuck our little family hopped in the car to head up to Soldier Hollow for the Winterfest Tubing Celebration. Conditions were fantastic for tubing! It had been warm enough during the day to melt the snow but by the time we got there at 8:00pm it was only about 15 degrees so the runs were all frozen and it was super fast and fun! We stopped by the lodge after the lifts closed at 10 and had some hot chocolate and warmed up a bit before heading home! We had some really tired boys but it was a great winter day!