Snowy week

Wow, what a week. Over less than 2 days we received 37.3 inches of snow in town here in Coeur d'Alene by the end of Thursday! It was absolutely crazy. We actually went and purchased a snow blower so that we could get through it. The snow is even taller than Sage when he goes tromping through it in the backyard. The snow plows finally came through a day later and got the street cleared out as well.

It is starting to snow again today, we are supposed to get another 5-10 inches. Hopefully they are correct this time, as that is what they said with the last storm. I am losing my trust in the weather predictions!

We are hoping to leave for Pocatello on Tuesday as that looks like the best day to go home for travel. Hopefully the roads won't be too nasty!

Holidays

Thanksgiving turned out so nice. We had a wonderful time, and great driving weather to top it off. We had Thanksgiving lunch at Nathan and Camille's in Preston, Idaho with the rest of Darin's family. Darin's mom and sisters made a wonderful meal, and were so sweet to watch the gluten content of the food for us. That evening we headed back to Pocatello, Idaho to have Thanksgiving dinner with my family that was also prepared gluten free. We were able to catch up with Lee and Ruby as well as with Earmal and Brad while we were there.

We got our first Christmas tree together. We went up Fernan canyon and cut one down with Moose, Willow and Olive. We also put some lights up outside on our home. Our street is like "competing with the Jone's" Darin says.

Darin gained 3 pounds since starting his new diet. He has been happy about that. I think I get asked everyday if the weight is starting to show.

The winter weather has finally come. We had a large snow storm then it has turned really cold. The lows have been -5F to -10F and our highs only up to around 7F. Doesn't look like it will be any better in the next week. We will hope that the weather will be good for our trip home for Christmas.