Winter Wonderland

We took advantage of the long weekend and went to visit my sister and her family in a little town nestled in the middle of the beautiful mountains of Idaho called Cascade. Nancee and Tyler (my sister and brother-in-law) have made their own little winter wonderland right outside their front door.

Cascade already has tons and tons of snow and tons of winter toys to play with. We all had our own snowmobiles to ride...including our nephew TJ; who is only 4. And we had their ENTIRE snow covered neighborhood all to OURSELVES. Not to mention a pretty good size hill to sled and snowboard down. Can you imagine endless terrain to snowmobile, snowboard, and sled on and NOBODY to share it with? Heaven!!! We had such a fun time....Thanks Nanc and Tyler!

Just to explain some of the pics from left to right, top to bottom....

1. What a view, we wouldn't mind waking up to it every morning

2. Brea on the sledding hill

3. Rian wasn't very happy the first time we dressed her up in her snow gear

4. Our family taking a snowmobile ride....and yes Matt did drive Rian safely around like that

5. TJ on his snowmobile and Nancee pulling Brea and Rian on a sled

6. Rian fell asleep on the snowmobile ride to the sledding hill, so this is where she napped

7. TJ on his snowmobile....that kid is amazing on it, we were totally impressed!

8. This is how we got back up the snowboarding hill after we boarded down. This is my sister on the back with her board still strapped to her feet. I loved that we didn't even have to unstrap to get up the hill.

9. Brea and Rian on the snowmobile (only for posing purposes of course!)

10. Another beautiful view

11. Rian all bundled up in her adorable snow outfit

12. Brea and Rian being pulled on a sled

13. Rian...not very happy

14. Rian....very happy, playing in the snow

15. Our family on the sledding/boarding hill. Don't mind the squinting...it was so bright

16. Close up of Rian napping