Happy oh eight

Happy New Year! Ah, how good a four day weekend feels, why can't all weekends be four days?? And now I'm in the middle of a three day work week, again, why can't all work weeks be three days?

On Saturday and Sunday E and I did nothing. We put our Christmas decorations away on Saturday (after a huge wrestling match with our fake tree, it is not fun to put those things away) and then we took a nice long nap! That night we went over to my aunts for Yagnesh's Indian feast, yum yum! Sunday rolled around and we wanted to get a piece of furniture we had seen at Costco. E really wanted something to store his new CD player and receiver in, and there was a beautiful piece at Costco. It was quite tricky to get this HUGE piece home. First we needed to borrow my dad's car, then we needed to load the thing, then we needed to drive home very slowly so it wouldn't fall out the back (it was so large, the SUV wouldn't even close), then unload at home. It was so heavy I had no hope up lifting it, and luckily a nice neighbor came over to help us load it inside. Once we had it inside, it was easy! The piece was fully assembled inside the box, so we just cut the box and pushed it into place. Pretty sexy huh? (Sorry about our horrid green carpet, it is so bad...)

And inside, E's new toys!

On Monday we headed down to the farmhouse for a two day get away. This was an extremly special trip, because before now, the farmhouse has always been closed in the winter. This year it was decided that we'd keep it open so the pipes would not have to be emptied, and the house would not be vacant for half the year. Anyway, we headed down on Monday morning and stopped at our FAVORITE place for lunch, Little Acorn. This place is a dive, it is so nasty inside. I swear, even the seats have two inches of grease built up on them, but the food is so tasty! I ordered a cheeseburger combo, and for $3.85 I got a huge cheeseburger with really yummy sauce, a huge pile of fries, and a drink. I was one happy camper!

Once we got down to the farmhouse we looked around the yard, I took some photos of my dolls (Lei Mei is so cute, don't you think?), and warmed up inside. Chelsea and I were a little antsy to go play in the snow, so we decided to drive up to the bike park to take some photos of our dolls skiing. We tromped through the knee deep snow to take some really fun photos of the girls on the little ski hills. The sky was clear and the snow was untouched, and we had a great afternoon. We played longer than expected, so when I got back to the car to call E, and say we were headed back, he said "I'm glad you are safe, I thought you were eaten by a Yeti!"

Violet skis down a really big hill!

That night we made all sorts of treats, warmed up the kitchen with Old Betsy (the coal stove) and ate and ate and drank and played games. Chelsea got an American Girl game for Christmas, so we played that. E was a great sport, and played as Kit, but we didn't win. After the game we watched a really fun movie called Stardust. Have you seen it? It was quite good, and very funny. At midnight E and I kissed and then we finished the movie!

On Tuesday after a late start and a yummy breakfast E and I headed up Skyline Drive with our snowshoes. We love to go up the mountains in the summer down near the farmhouse, but had never ventured up there in the winter. The road was snow-free and the snow was deep. We parked by the side of the road near the top of the summit, and headed west. We wanted to reach a little ridge so we could look down on Mt. Pleasant. Once we reached it we sat down, enjoyed the view, and commented on what fun it is to snowshoe in new places. Plus, my new outfit looked kickass. Soon after we checked out some huge snow blocks that had broken off the ridge, these are what cause avalanches. E and I felt safe checking them out though, because they were already broken. I took this photo of E near the snow chunks, and I think it looks so neat, really like an Arctic adventure!

Once we got back to the car we headed back down the mountain, back to the farmhouse, and I took a nice nap. We left the farmhouse far to late in the day on Tuesday, and didn't arrive home until around 11, but we had a great time down there in the winter, and look forward to going back soon!