Ice Fishing!

We had such a fun time on our ice fishing trip with the Pages! We went up to Strawberry early Friday morning and stayed in the Lodge there. I was so surprised at what a nice set-up it was! There was so much room and we all had our own beds. We got settled in and dressed up and went out on the ice. Easton was pretty excited about his first ice fishing experience. It was a beautiful morning! So sunny!

As we walked out on the ice, Arlene and I got pretty nervous! I have been ice fishing before but there were a few feet of snow over the ice! With there not being any snow this year it was pretty freaky! The ice popped with every step we took. I swear it was not safe, but Steve tried to convince me that it's the safest when the ice is cracking because that means it's freezing and expanding. I wasn't easily convinced with my babies out there in the middle of it!

We drilled a few holes and let Easton dip down the rope he found in the parking lot. Pretty soon the popping sounds got a little out of control. Easton thought they were fireworks and when he found out what the sound really was, he was anxious to go inside! It was so loud and the pops ricocheted or something because it sounded like a Styx concert. So The moms and little ones went inside and had some cousin time and some nice long naps. The boys fished pretty much all day and caught 8-10 fish or so.

We went to dinner and had all the boys dressed up in their new Christmas clothes.

After dinner Grandma had a special present - Jake jammers!

We had so much fun! We ended up leaving late that night since we had our sunbeams "meet your teacher" thing early the next morning and I couldn't stand the thought of those little sunbeams coming for the first time and having no teacher:)

Monday night we celebrated my mom's and Tyson's birthdays. Tyson got some new church shirts and all kinds of gross snacks like beef sticks and flavored sunflower seeds.

Tomorrow is Tyson's real birthday. Happy 27 babe! You're so old. Sorry I will be at work all day tomorrow and you will have no dinner... Treat yourself to JCW's:)