Bringing in the New Year with Red Dye #5

We got an invite to spend New Years Eve in the Uintas with Russell & Co.

See the father and son matching tongues

A "Short Cut" getting there almost left us stuck in the middle of nowhere in a snowdrift. Luckily we had enough firearms and ammo to feed and clothe our families for at least a year.

With some digging, we got out, turned around and drove the "Long way" through some of Evanstons' nicer trailer parks and up the back route.
After a short ride in a snowcat (where do you even buy a snowcat) we made our way to the cabin. We spent a couple days sledding, snowmobiling, doing ziplines and playing card games that may or may not have involved removing articles of clothing with a losing hand.
Hey Nancy, have you been working out?

No stitches or broken bones and i consider it a successful weekend
When we left Saturday afternoon, we had gotten through a 1.9 pound package of swedish fish and almost all of the 5 pound package of gummy bears.
Red dye #5 and food grade carnauba wax never tasted so good.

Sledding with the Kids

We got to go sledding a couple times over the Christmas break. #3 got a camera for Christmas so she was taking lots of pictures of everybody. A few of them actually turned out. Here are a couple more pictures that she took with her new camera that were a little more artsy.
I have taken the liberty of naming the photos for her.
This above picture is called:
"Fleeting glimpse into the sometimes dark life of a baby doll who is loved by a little girl who doesn't know better"

This photo is called:
"Please read me a bedtime story or i will go through this entire book and take a picture of every single page of the book, edition #1 of 29"

#3 got the hang of sledding by the 2nd day. The first video is of day 1, the second video is of day 2. She was having fun either way, but day 1 was less work for me because she only walked 10 feet up the hill


I was surprised that #1 and #2 automatically went for the top of the steepest parts of the hill.
You can see in the picture below what an ice burn will do to a little face at 40 miles an hour when you come off the sled and bounce with your chin.
Blog give aways are the craze nowadays. And of course i am one to jump on a band wagon and pretend like it was my idea all along. Whoever comments or e.mails me with the best near death experience they had during the calendar year of 2008 will win an archival quality print of the photo called "Fleeting glimpse into the sometimes dark life of a baby doll who is loved by a little girl who doesn't know better" signed by the artist.