weekend away

David talked me into a weekend away without the kids. We ended up going up to strawberry bay marina http://www.strawberrybay.com/ . David's friend Scott and his family and friends go up every year and go Snowmobiling. It sounds like they have been doing it for about 12 years.

We left Saturday and didn't get up there until afternoon. David and I checked into our room then went out and played in the snow for a few hours. When we got back to the lodge we had a few minutes and met the group of people that we were to be playing with. We all headed out to ride until dark then go to dinner at Daniels summit Lodge.

The 12 of us had a nice dinner. We even ran into our neighbor the Mendenhalls. This is the second vacation we have run into them. When we finished dinner we still had to ride back the 20 miles to the lodge that we were staying at.

Saturday morning I was a little scared. I was the slowest and the newest at snowmobiling. WE had 4 more people join us on Saturday. The whole group lined up at the lake and we all took off together in a cloud of black smoke. I guess I wasn't the only one scared 2 of the group turned around and went back afraid they were holding up the group. So now I was the only one holding up the group.

I played it safe trying not to get stuck or tip over. David and Scott kept a close eye on me making sure I was doing everything right. The whole group was very kind to me I think secretly they were all glad I was there so I could make their skills look good.

I noticed a pattern they would ride to a spot and the girls would play for a few minutes then the boys would play until they got tired. Then we would rest talk about where we were going next and then move to the next spot. I wasn't afraid anymore.

I did dump my sled over and get caught under i t once. I looked for David and Scott but before I could worry someone pulled it upright and I was off and ready to go.

Scott had some bad luck and broke 2 sleds. His own on Friday so he rented one on Saturday and it broke. We helped him tow back the sled on Saturday. David was towing him and the sled flipped on it's side. It knocked Scott off but David did not notice. I wish I had a picture of that. I stopped and picked up Scott and caught up with David. Then someone stopped and told us a better way to tow the sled so no one had to be on it. The bad part about it is my fun ended and I had to ride on the back of Davids sled.

It was a fun weekend. I want to go back and try out some new things. I want to get more comfortable with turning and knowing were I am. We were all over the place those two days. I think I would do it again. I came home very tired but not to sore.

Missing pet.

Friday Morning David and I were getting ready to leave for the weekend. I made the mistake of checking on the boys Hermit crab. I asked Dallen were he was. Dallen couldn't remember where he had played with it last. It was 9am and time for us to leave.

Normally I would not have worried but Dallen is suffering from anxiety and it is over the deaths in our ward. I was not sure how he would handle it if his pet died. We looked for over two hours. We might have been able to find it if we knew where he left it but we had the whole house to search.

Grandma told us to go and she would have the girls look for it while we were gone. We left and spent two full days playing in the snow. When we got back they still had not found it.(I don't think they even looked)

Sunday after Church we started looking again. We stared cleaning the toy room thinking it might be the place where Dallen played with it last. We cleaned out the couches and the train table, the Lego's. Then I started with our large Castle mega blocks and there he was.

He was happy to get back home and eat and drink. He seems to be just fine. Dallen has promised not to take him out and play with him again.

David says this is why we can't get a dog. I think a dog would be good atleast it comes when you call it.