We headed up to McCall for the New Years weekend. The kids and I headed up on Thursday with my parents, they had rented a cabin for the family. My sister Sunni came in town from Rexburg and then the rest of us came up from Boise. We hung out at the cabin Thursday evening with everyone and the cousins all exchanged their Christmas gifts. The kids and I then headed back to the Moss cabin for bed and then went back first thing in the morning. A lot of the family headed up skiing, but the kids and I hung out at the cabin with the other babies and then headed to Brundage to meet everyone for lunch. That afternoon the kids had a lot of fun playing in the snow and we ate some yummy chili for dinner and just enjoyed everyone's company. Craig then came and picked us up and we all headed back to our cabin to sleep. Saturday morning we then met up with my family to go sledding. It hadn't snowed for a while so the snow was really packed and made for some really fast sledding. The kids loved it no matter what. My family then all headed back to Boise and Rexburg, but luckily Mark and Paige were in McCall as well and Brooklyn was loving all of the cousin time she was getting.
Saturday evening we headed up to the mountain for the fireworks. We got up there a little too early and the kids got a little antsy while we were waiting for the festivities to get going. Once it finally got dark they did a torch parade with skiers and then the kids participated in a little kids light parade. After that was all done they did the fireworks. We started off a little too close to the fireworks and the noise was bothering the kids. We gradually made our way to the car and finished watching from there. McKay did think that they were pretty cool. It was pretty fun, but next time we will know to not go so early.
Sunday, New Year's Eve, we headed to church and then just hung low for most of the day, we went for a walk downtown and the kids played in the snow for a little while. The kids were so excited for the count down and for drinking the sparkling cider, so we decided to have our midnight be at 7:00pm. The kids loved counting down and doing "cheers". One of these days we will actually make to midnight, but this year was definitely not it. Monday we went to Pancake House before we cleaned up and headed back home. It was a fun weekend, especially fun to be surrounded by so much family the whole time. I sure am grateful that my kids get to spend so much time with their cousins. 2017 was a great year and we are looking forward to another wonderful year in 2018. I love watching the kids grow and learn and I can't wait to see what 2018 brings.
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