annual snowmobile trip

friday afternoon me and kev were in charge of lunch and fed the crew hot turkey subs. they were perfect after a morning of playing in the snow.

then we did some relaxing inside. there was a lot of coloring going on. madalyn parked right next to aunt emmy and copied every move she made. it was so cute!

madalyn copying emily and collin coloring

i love this picture!

dad played company of heroes on the big screen. it was pretty entertaining to watch!

the boys were very preoccupied and opted not to go on a snowmobile trail ride. so dad took the ladies on a snowmobile ride to warm springs and mesa falls. he split us in two different groups but we got a picture during transition. :).

melissa, katie, alex, natalie, elena, me, amber, emily, and kaylin

dad and me

my group

me, alex, elena, katie, and amber

on our way to warm springs we were playing around in some snow off the trail and i was bringing up the rear and tipped over trying to maneuver through two trees. that is never fun...but even worse when no one is behind you to see that you are stuck. i was alone for about 5 minutes trying to get the machine flipped off it's side and lost my composure for a second...or two! HA! the night before we were talking about wolves and i thought for sure i was wolf meat. but, dad came to my rescue. :) i can laugh about it now.

where warm springs comes out of the mountain. the water comes out at a temperature of 50 degrees.
elena, alex, katie, amber, and me

i rode with katie on the way back. it was nice to just be a passenger and enjoy the scenery.

jarom showing off his gear. ;)

mom and dad relaxing

that night we had homemade pizza for dinner (it was friday night after all...and manwaring's always have pizza on friday night) thanks to ben and kaylin. it was quite an undertaking feeding that many people homemade pizza but they pulled it off! and it was delicious!

after dinner the older cousins put on several activities for the younger cousins to do.