New Years Day

We got up early New Years Day and drove 2 hours to Woodruff, Utah where Ivan's brother, Dusty, works on the LDS church ranch. Melissa and Klade and their kids met up with us there. We had the whole family together except for Dave and Kate. Dusty said that they had been feeding elk on the ranch and thought we would like to see. I am a little slow sometimes and thought we would see a few elk in his backyard. I was pretty excited when we pulled into the ranch and saw this...

After everyone got there we put on snow clothes and headed out.



Dusty had a big tractor with a really big trailer on the back. We went and waited while he loaded some hay onto the trailer leaving a path down the middle for us to walk down. We all parked our cars and jumped on the trailer. Ivan had bronchitis and little Levi had a bad cough so they rode in the cab with Uncle Russ. The rest of us braved the 4 degree weather. I truly did not think it felt that cold. I must be climatized or something. We didn't have to drive far before we saw this...






It was AMAZING! It was a beautiful day and I think we all had a good time. Here are a few pics I took of the group on the trailer and a picture of the tractor of course!


Emma was really bundled up for the trip and got a little to cozy and fell right asleep. Grandma did a good job holding her so she wouldn't fall off the trailer! We loader her in the car and she was still VERY asleep. Funny girl.

When we finished we headed back to Dusty and Brandee's house and had some fabulous soup and salad and cinnamon rolls for dessert. We were so glad to get to see lots of the family while we were there. This is something we will always remember. The kids always have so much fun together too!







We also saw a few bald eagles. I love red barns in the snow so I thought I'd take of picture of them too.



That afternoon we drove back to Corinne to stay the night and got up early the next morning to head home to North Dakota.