Our week / weekend was pretty exciting :

The snow is still ever-present in our hood.  It’s pretty drafty at work so I have resorted to wearing scarves, beanies, and gloves to the office – and lots of layers.  The gloves are a pending problem – it makes typing a little clumsy.  Shout out to my friend Angie who made me this killer scarf…

Since we were away last weekend, for Family Night we decided to do dinner and a movie.  Sushi at Mikado – a movie at our local Bountiful joint.  The movie was fantastic, but I do love myself a good gangster flick.

 This week has been highlighted on my calendar for months – SHOT Show in Las Vegas.  I had two booths going to the show [I am sure you are sick of it by now, I apologize – but it’s kind of my life currently] and I have been anxious and excited to see how everything went.  The pictures aren’t great, and are crowded with rednecks…but you get the idea.  The Browning Booth…

The Winchester Booth…

Unfortunately I don’t have the best photos of this booth, but I do have a video via GoPro.  The illuminated gun kiosks are my favorite.

Winchester Booth Walk-Through

It feels good to have it over with.  I have been working on these projects for months now.  Now?  On to the next [20] projects.

We are gearing up for V-Day and I am making new prints for our house:  but more on that later…

 Friday we left for a mini road trip to Idaho to meet up with Zach’s family for the weekend.  We had a marathon of Breaking Bad on the way up there [pretty sure it isn’t that safe to watch movies on a laptop while driving, but it made the journey go by so fast].

We stayed at a place called the Pines – close to West Yellowstone and Island Park.  We shared a cabin with Zach’s sister Lori and her family.  That meant that the next morning Lola, Olive, and Will all got to wake up Uncle Zach.  I wouldn’t mind waking up to these sweet faces every morning.

After breakfast we all geared up to go on a snowmobile ride.

The whole family took a ride to Big Springs.  For the record, snowmobiling with the Hendersons is a little different than with my tiny family of four.  Also…snowmobiles have really evolved since I was young.  I remember sitting on the back of a sled and feeling like my backside was going to break.  These new age snowmobiles are like recliners on sleds.  With hand warmers and everything!

 

Some of us didn’t make it to Big Springs awake…

We spent the rest of the day eating, napping, eating some more, hot tubbin’, and playing games.

Sunday was spent making crafts with the kiddies…

Zach fed the kiddies…

…and we watched the BIGGEST football game of Zach’s existence.  The San Francisco playoff game.

He brought all the essentials:  soda, popcorn, and his throwback jersey.  He was glued to the tiny TV for the duration of the event.

After all was said and done, the Niners won and are on their way to the SUPERBOWL!  It was such a great game – and Zach has been ‘waiting for this for YEARS.’  I was really grateful they won as well;  that meant I didn’t have to make the drive home with a fussy husband.

When the victory dancing was over we packed our bags and made our way back home – with the most gorgeous Idaho sunset to finish off our weekend.

Thank you Mark and Jeanene for such a great time!  It was my first time to Island Park and I hope it won’t be the last.  We love our family!