FRYE FAMILY: 4 Days in Swan Valley

Monday, November 26, 2012

4 Days in Swan Valley

We had a wonderful 4 days in Swan Valley. We usually don't get that much time up there so it was amazing to have that time. On Thursday we had a scaled down Thanksgiving and celebrated Alegra's birthday (see previous post). On Friday we hung out at the cabin, went on a walk, Shawn worked in the yard, and did crafts. Our truck batter died so we had to get jumped and then go into Idaho Falls to get new truck batteries (they were about 7 years old so it was getting time). On the way back to Swan Valley we stopped at Uncle Buds new cabin, on Antelope Flats, to celebrate his 70th birthday. Before the truck died, the plan was to go a bit early to the party, about 3:30 so we could walk around his property. Plans change though and we ended up arriving at 5:00 when the party started. Our neighbors and Bud and Penny's good friends the Clayton's were also invited. All Bud wanted for his birthday was for all of his family to be together. His daughter and son in law and 3 girls flew in from Colorado and then Matt, Wendy, and their 3 boys drove up and Brett, Sarah and their 2 kids came. The boys and Bud have been spending alot of time at the new cabin since they bought it and took ownership of it Labor Day weekend. It is a very nice place but it had a bit of a mouse problem. My aunt also wanted to make some changes to it to. It was really cool though. It was nice to see my cousins and Cruz and Alegra had a blast playing with the kids, especially Shawnee's girls Ayla who is 5 and Anya who is 3.

On Friday we loaded our gear up and headed over to Grand Targhee to ski for the day. They don't have a ton of snow but it was great for the beginner hill. The only downside was that they didn't have all their cool tree runs set up that Cruz likes to ski thru. It is great going with my mom too because we would take turns sitting with Lexi and skiing. We shared a ticket and would just pass it back and forth. It worked perfect. Cruz is getting pretty good. Alegra is doing great too for just being 3. Shawn was working with her on stopping. We would all ride the chairlift up and Shawn would ski with Alegra between his legs on the steeper stuff, but then on the flat stuff he would ski backwards in front of her to work with her. Me or my mom would stay with Cruz as he sped down the hill. Shawn and I did one run together sans kids, but lots of rocks were showing so it wasn't that great. It was a REALLY fun day though. Lexi was a gem and took a nap in the lodge and had fun checking out the skiers in the lodge. We drove down into Victor and ate dinner at our favorite pizza place before heading home.

Today we went to church in the morning and then came home and packed up, tidied the cabin, and then headed home. I do like going to church in Swan Vally. The ward is small but the people are so nice and just very down to earth.

A wonderful time in Swan Valley once again.....