Snow, Snow, and more Snow for Christmas in Idaho

This Christmas year was so beautiful in Idaho with Todd's parents and family. We got dumped on with snow, rode the 4 wheelers, made snow angels, shoveled, snow blowed, and sat outside in the snow in the hot tub watching the pretty snow flakes fall. Brendan and Madisan truly had missed the snow! They were out every day in it; even in 10 degree weather. I'm always amazed at their diligence when out there playing in the snow! We had a very relaxing time with good food, good fellowship and God's peace!
Some updates on us: we are still waiting to see if our offer on the house has gone through with the bank. We thought maybe we would here something while we were gone, but not yet, so we hurry up and wait. It's good for us to wait on God's best for us. We would love to have this house, but we know that this is a huge decision!
Our 10 hour trip to Idaho from Medford was uneventful, but very fun. The kids were great and had plenty to do in the car while we drove.....definitely pretty countryside that we went through. The weather wasn't too bad, but we took our time through the snow and the traffic was scarce! It was great. Now the trip back was a little different, especially when you just want to "get home." The roads in Boise were really icy, but as soon as we hit Ontario, OR, they got better and then even better as we went on. About 30 min. past Burns we were on snow packed roads and hardly any traffic was on the road, but on our right side Todd and I could see a Doe shoot out from up on the hill and she bounded into a snow bank. As we started to try and slow down, she continued to dart out in front of us and we hit her square on....we didn't run over her, but hit her going about 45 mph. Every one is fine, but uh, little bambi didn't make it. It's frustrating......they have to have such good timing in order for you to hit them with your grill square on! They are like magnets! Todd and I were thankful it wasn't elk or a Moose, because we couldn't slow down anymore for fear of sliding and making it worse. So we are thankful to be home and now we'll pay out some $ to get our grill fixed on the Tahoe, but we are all safe!