After Christmas and the New Year

The day after Christmas we piled into the car and headed on our trip to California.  About an hour down the road we got a flat tire and had to make a pit stop for a new one, but other then that, the ride went pretty smooth!

The boys brought their new guns and went to do some target practice in the olive orchard.

Ryker's face cracks me up here!

My grandma went to my mom's house for Christmas, so it was really fun to see them.  My Aunt and Uncle who live in the bay area came up for a day with their two kids as well, so it was fun to get in some family time.

 One of Bo's highlights of the trip was visiting with Joe Lares.  Joe makes duck calls that Bo has become obsessed with.  He's even started his own personal collection.  There has also been some talk of one going on our mantle in a glass case... we'll see.

Brodie had one of his best days ever when he got to go hunting with Allen at his pheasant club and put his new shotgun to use.  He may have shot his first pheasant... there was some friendly fire helping him out, but we'll just say he did.

We also got to visit more grandparents while we were there.  We spent New Years Eve and day with Grandma and Grandpa Scott as well as the Houston/Morrows and the Russel Scott family.  There was a lot of football watching and cousin fun.

On the 2nd we drove down to Oakland to visit with Grandpa Parmelee.  He loves it when we come to visit and we love seeing him.  We stayed a few hours and then left to head home to Idaho.

First we had to make a quick stop at the Jelly Belly factory though!  I was hoping we could take the kids on a tour, but the line was super long, so we just bought some jelly beans, got some hats and then headed on our way.

We also went to In-N-Out while we were there... twice.  I love the restaurants, fast food, and grocery stores Calfornia has to offer!

Once we got back into Idaho though, we had Chik-fil-A.  Bo loves that place.  This was the first time I had been there and I was starting to feel the effects of a cold, so all I got was soup, and it wasn't great.  Too spicy for my liking, but the kids loved the little play area and it was nice for them to get some wiggles out before we drove the rest of the way home.

And the boys settled right back into the snow.  This was the longest my boys have ever played in the snow.  This snow ball fight lasted about an hour and that was after another hour of messing around in the yard.  Don't they know it's cold?

Love our trips, but we come back exhausted!!