Weekend with the Boys

A little piece of home came to visit us in Idaho this weekend! 

I can't even begin to describe how excited I was! Just ask Rob, I was convinced that I would never see anyone and that everyone would forget all about me. No one forgets about the younger ones, just the oldest one. Rob obviously reassured me that that wasn't the case, but until I saw these cute little faces, I completely disagreed with him. 

To say that they were excited about the snow is a definite understatement. The entire drive from Salt Lake they kept comparing the snow on the sides of the road, begging us to compare it all to Rexburg so they would have an idea of how much snow they would encounter. 

Thankfully it snowed on the way to get them, and a couple days before, so they were not disappointed. 

We had a whole weekend planned, full of snow-like activities, but we thought we should start Thursday off with some good snowball fights. 

The got pretty into it. I like the snow, I have actually come to grow fond of the snow, but not to the point where I enjoy rolling around in it. I designated myself as the picture taker. It was safer that way. 

Here Avery is getting ready for the match. 

Here is Ian with his game face on. 

Rob is about to sneak attack Avery. I dont think he was expecting this one. 

Avery is begging for his life. 

They are plotting to get Avery.

You would think we should be feeling bad for Avery, but Avery seemed to be at the forefront of every snowball.

Here he is again, tackling poor Ian. 

And instead of saving Ian, Rob attacked them from behind while throwing snow in Avery's face. 

I was sure glad that Rob was there, mainly because he certainly made the game more exciting for them. I just sat and took pictures - how boring is that! But seeing that snow fly around and their faces and clothing soaked, I did not feel I was missing out. 

Friday we got the opportunity to go Snowmobiling, thanks to our fabulous Father. It was an experience I know all of us will remember, seeing parts of Idaho we never knew existed. 

I swear Ian was excited, he just looks weird in this picture. 

Rob definitely felt a boost to his manhood on this outing. You could tell he was getting more of an ego with the helmet on, the big machinery underneath him... It was getting to his head. 

Rob was the one who went off the path a bit, did some donuts... You know the drill.. I was the one who went the speed limit, sometimes creeping over it, and just stuck with the bumps in the path for excitement. I thought I was going to be a downer and that the Boys were going to fight about who went with Rob, but Ian actually liked going with me. He said that the jumps were getting scary and that he liked just following the rules. Ian is my kind of guy. 

We saw the most beautiful scenery, but this was the only picture I got. You cant exactly take pictures and drive at the same time. 

We found a beautiful part of the Snake River, where you could feed ducks and gigantic fish. We even saw Swans in real life. I don't know why that excites me, but the only Swans I have ever seen were in the ponds at Disneyland! 

Rob was very proud that I caught up to his 45 MPH, so he tried to kiss me but those are a lot harder with helmets on. 

We found a restaurant that you can only get to by Snowmobile or hiking. We didn't think it would be that good, but the burgers were fabulous. Ian & Avery ordered a double bacon burger or something like that. It was huge when it came out, to where the waiter bet them that they couldn't eat it. But true Man vs. Food fashion, they took the challenge and bragged about their feat the rest of the day. So Dad, we are supposed to tell you that Avery finished the entire Burger all by himself. He does eat. 

We had to gas them up before we returned them, so we felt professional. 

Ian & Avery did get to drive. We let them once we got out a ways. It took a little probing because they were kind of timid about it, but they finally drove. They drove a lot actually, and they were very good. I was happy I was with Ian though because he behaved properly and I felt like our lives weren't threatened. Pictures were the last things on our minds. 

Later that night they convinced us to take them to the 9:50pm showing of Percy Jackson. I have to say, I am happy we went. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. A lot. 

Avery got this in a vending machine thing. We made him wear it around Target and to part of the Movies. Hide your children. People were very weary of him, but we got a good kick out of it. 

Yesterday we went sledding, and we had a little injury so my focus was on that and not the fact that I needed to document the event. Thankfully the injury is not that serious, or else we would worry if my parents would ever let anyone come visit us again. Poor Ian didn't get much sledding in, but he said the jump was worth it and Avery has reassured him that he got some serious air. 

Later that night we went to Big Juds. It is this hole in the wall place that is well known for their gigantic hamburgers. It has been on Man vs. Food, and since the boys love that show, we thought it would be a fun place to go. 

They ended up splitting the hamburger and barely could finish their halves. This picture doesn't do it justice, but lets just say that our house stinks like crazy now. Big Juds definitely got to them. 

It has been such a fun weekend with these two. They are so fun to be with and so well behaved that they are easy guests to have. I am so thankful for my family and for the opportunity to spend some quality time with these quality boys. 

I am also very grateful for my Husband and for the fact that he still is a kid at heart. It was so fun to watch them all play together and sled together and tackle each other with snowballs. They watched scary movies with him every night while I got my beauty sleep. Rob screamed with them, snuck up on them to make it more scary, and just made the entire activity fun. I know that without Rob this weekend would not have been successful. 

He truly knows how to help everyone have a good time.