Winter fun at the farmhouse

To celebrate my only three day weekend between January and May, E and I decided to go down to the farmhouse for Presidents Day, along with Connie and Chelsea (E's mom and sis). We left quite late on Saturday and once we arrived a long nap sounded perfect. After I finally woke up, we went to the store, went to get burgers, and played Pictonary back at the Farmhouse. E and I won, but it was a close call. I had to draw "ambush"and "men in black" , neither of which E guessed. Connie drew "sea world" wonderfully, and Chelsea didn't guess it, she did guess "fish land" however, and we all erupted in laughter.

Sunday morning was wonderfully slow and quite. We all woke up late to a sunny beautiful blue sky, and then decided to make breakfast. Steve (E's dad) showed up around noon, and E and I decided to go on a drive with him to check out his new binoculars and look for eagles. We spotted a few eagles and looked across the unbroken snow covering the landscape in miles in every direction. The sky was so blue, and the mountains off the the east and west almost looked purple. The beauty was astounding.Back at the farmhouse I decided to head outside to play in the snow. After a nice time outside, and building a mini snow fort with icicles, I wandered back indoors. We started a roast on Old Betsy (the old coal stove) and headed to Ephraim to look at old houses. Once back at the farmhouse we finished making dinner, sat down to a large feast, and watched the latest Harry Potter movie.

On Monday (yea, no work!!) we woke up late again and made a yummy breakfast of waffles, fruit, yogurt, and bacon. After the yummy meal E and I decided to lie back down on the bed again while Connie and Chelsea were getting ready. We fell fast asleep and later laughed that we were able to take a nap right after breakfast! Oh we are hopeless. After our little nap we all decided to go on another drive, we wanted to head out west to look at more old homes and see if we could spot more bald eagles. We had a nice time looking around Wales and Freedom.After a snack, clean up, and another game of Pictonary back at the farmhouse we packed up the car and headed home.

What a great long weekend.