I know it’s only March, but it’s freezing out!
After dropping Eli off at school, this is where I have been all morning. In front of the fire.
It’s so cold, I don’t want to get out and run. The basement is so cold and dark, I don’t want to run on the treadmill either!
So, I guess I take advantage of the cold, sit in front of the fire, get work done while watching Netflix 🙂
The next two days we went on a tour bus around Yellowstone Park. The freshly laid snow was beautiful. We enjoyed having a driver and they provided lunch for us as well.
The buses had monster tires that Eli loved!
It snowed quite a bit while we were there.
The only wildlife we saw was this wolf, which was amazing. I haven’t seen a wolf in the wild.
Oh yeah, we saw some elk. But we see Elk a lot so this doesn’t count.
Lunch. He was entertaining us.
He has the cutest smile.
This could be a Christmas card!
Today we went dog sledding.
When we arrived, the dogs were excited. They were jumping around and couldn’t get hooked up to the sled fast enough.
We quickly loaded onto the sled and a few seconds later, the owner gave the command to go. We were off. In silence. The dogs immediately quieted down and were happy to pull the sled.
Saw some more beautiful country along the way.
We took turns driving the sled.
The runners on the sled.
Eli and my feet 🙂
Eli’s turn to drive!
That was a fun venture. Hopefully, we will have the opportunity to go dog sledding sometime soon.
Paul had a fun idea that turned into one of our best get aways.
We jumped into the truck, and a nap later we were in Yellowstone.
This boy didn’t nap! He stayed awake and enjoyed his movies.
We arrived that evening.
The roads were snow packed which made for a fun drive around town.
The temperature was a little nippy. -4! Being that cold, it was a bit miserable at times, and it felt like wherever we went, the heaters couldn’t keep up.
We at dinner at the hotel and requested seating next to the fireplace. The warmth was delightful!
We went swimming every night. Every. Night. 🙂
That’s my boy!
We stayed in Yellowstone for four days, so we ate out a lot. Our favorite restaurant was the Slippery Otter. Okay, it was my favorite restaurant. The vegetarian burger was excellent. We I had to go back for another one.
I’m not sure what is happening here. I guess we need to get out more. Ha!
This year, we went to Bryan and Shayna’s house for Christmas Eve. Her house is always beautifully decorated.
After dinner, we opened Christmas crackers.
Always need an uncle to roughhouse with. 🙂
We wanted something different than decorating gingerbread houses, so we decorated trees.
They all looked great!
Eli took this photo. Not bad!
On our way home we stopped, I mean… drove through, ha! a place with many lights.
We went home and opened our pajamas. This is one tired boy 🙂
Left cookies and Jarritos? Yep. That’s what he wanted to give Santa this year. Jarritos.
Eli fell asleep almost immediately, which was good because we had stockings to stuff.
We quickly covered the bare tree with a bunch of presents and jumped in bed. Can’t wait till tomorrow! 🙂