taking a break

For Valentine's Day this year Jeff taught me how to snowboard at Snowbasin. A few weeks later Jeff took some vacation time so we headed up to Brighton on Wednesday (thanks Jackie for watching the kids). We got home that evening and packed everything up and took the kids up to my mom's house (thanks Mom and everyone else who helped watch our kids there. Seriously we really appreciate it). We slept until 4:00am and then drove up to Targhee and snowboarded there. It was definitely worth it as it snowed all day so we had fresh powder to play in. And I think it's safe to say I really like snowboarding.

Jon and Kanien were nice enough to invite us up to the cabin with them. We cross-country skied in at 12:30 am. It was super fun, until we had to break trail. But we made it and in the morning they cooked us a delicious breakfast!

Skiing at Luckydog. Ahhh, so relaxing.

Yummy. I love eating fresh snow off the trees. No city pollution to worry about.

Dad's little cabin all buried in. That's a door there in front.

Jon's friend from High School married one of my friends from High School, so it was fun to have a little reunion. Thanks guys for leaving your twins to come hang out with us!

On Saturday we all went for a ski. Jon took us on some hills that freaked me out. But we made it back alive and we had an awesome trip!

blooming blossoms

So with no effort, except letting in a little sun, viola. Here are the blossoms about 10 days after I cut them.

A normal 4 petal blossom.

And an unusual 5 petal blossom. The only one I could find. Good luck maybe?!?!

And moving on, I started some seeds today. Not the fanciest set up, but everything the plants need. Just a normal shop light with cool fluorescent bulbs, and a heating pad since they have to hang out in the cold basement. I started lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, and basil. In a few weeks I'll fill up the rest with warm weather vegetables.