Are you ready for it?
You sure?
We joined our Smith family for a major national holiday for the first time, EVER!
I know. Shocking. But true. I think the Smiths are probably still wondering if it actually happened.
We went straight from Myrtle Point, with our caravan of moving vehicles, to Rexburg, where we dropped the Uhaul and trailers so we could drive out to Driggs for the holiday.
We gathered in a "cabin", if you can call a mansion made of logs a cabin, for the festivities and caught up on lost time. It was right next to the Tetons and was filled with animal skins and heads, and even a few lifelike animals, namely a badger, that I thought even my brother-in-law, Edward, would appreciate.
Kiersa has 2 cousins in the Smith family (Ellie and Lincoln) within weeks of her age whom she's never met.
This was her chance to meet them and play with them, but she ended up acting shy for most of the time.
At least she wasn't afraid of cuddling her Grandma Sheri!
She did end up doing some playing with her cousins before we left.

Talea thought she'd died and gone to heaven when she saw all the snow. We didn't have any snow clothes or boots for her, but she couldn't resist going outside to play, so she went through several pairs of pants, shoes and socks while we were there. I barely saw the girl the entire time we were there!
Paisli got to reunite with Omar. I was hoping he'd teach Paisli how to crawl on her hands and knees, but she refused to do it. She's completely satisfied with army crawling for now.
We chatted, watched movies, played games,
played in the snow, ate and ate and ate, admired the view of the Tetons, and slept. Dallas even had some nightly visitors in his bed. Each morning he woke up to fresh mouse turds all around next to him. They even climbed the bunk ladder to visit Weston. I figure the Driggs mice got word from their Ashland cousins that the twins were coming and would appreciate a mousey visit to make them feel more at home.
Even so, it was beautiful, comfortable, the weather was great, the company was perfect, and the time to relax and unwind from the stress of moving was priceless.
1 comment:
Hehehe, I'll have to tell Edward about the stuffed badger!
I can't believe there were fresh mouse droppings next to Dallas when he woke up! OH MY GOSH! YUCK.
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