Spring Break 2014

WOW!

The year is just marching on more quickly than I would like it to!
How is it that we are already at Spring Break time for my boys!

Well, our Spring Break, started off with a funny flashback...
As I was searching through past photos, I came across the photo of Jade taking Ethan's stuffed bunny away from him and making him cry when he was just a baby! 
YEP, things have not changed to much in the past 11 years!
Jade still knows how to push Ethan's buttons!

We awoke Friday morning 
and went and walked around the Green Belt in Idaho Falls!
It was such a beautiful morning and it felt SO good to move!   

Our most LOVED part of Spring Break, 
was the fact that we got a snow storm
 and so that meant XC skiing!!

We were supposed to volunteer at the Jones House, but because of the storm they cancelled that obligation and so it meant we had the entire place to ourselves and it turned out to be the most adventurous winter adventure we have experienced thus far in our life!

Spring Break 2014 was SO. MUCH. FUN! 
The fact that it snowed, made it where we had the greatest winter adventure we've experienced thus far! We had the whole mountain to ourselves, breaking our own trail, (=awesome workout), postcard beauty everywhere, making a fire and warming up, melting snow for tea and loving every minute of the wonderful snow and beauty that Mother Nature gave us!

Here is our adventure in photos!

Breaking our own trail...

Look at all the snow on the trees!

 WOW!
A gorgeous Winter Wonderland!
It was so peaceful and beautiful!

 Heading up a big hill...
Tracy made a perfect set of tracks 
for us to follow and ski in!

 We took the road less traveled...

 I SPY...
The reflection of my handsome hubby
 in the pot lid of the bottom right photo! 

 What a view!

Ours was the only car in the parking lot when we got back from skiing!

I love winter and snow... 
I love sunshine and warmth...
It's all good, especially when shared 
with my three favorite people! 
Life is awesome! 

PS...
This sweet, handsome boy had cabin fever on Monday
and wanted to go into town to enjoy a little window shopping and dinner!
We ended our hurrah with Chic-Fil-A!
YUM!

Adventuring on Veteran's Day!

November 11, 2013

I sent Mr. Smith out the door with a big hug and kiss!
As I was tidying up the house the phone rang about 8:30 and I heard the following:
"Could I please speak to the beautiful Kimberly Smith?"
Talk about making a girls heart go "pitter-patter"! 

It was my sweetie calling to say, he was taking the day off from work and we were going to go enjoy a wonderful ride on our V-Strom!  

I squealed with excitement as I know that our days for being able to ride our FUN adventure machine are limited because winter weather is definitely on its way!

We definitely encountered SNOW on our adventure that day,
but, it didn't stop us from having the time of our lives!

The wonderful thing about having a motorcycle
is the fact that we are becoming familiar with all of the back roads and by-ways that abundantly surround us.
We are exploring roads that we would never explore in our car and we are finally seeing things that we've never seen before and it's SO much fun!
Especially, since I hear people talking about this road and that road and up until now, I haven't really known exactly where they were and how they connected up.

Today's adventure took us to Kilgore, Idaho 
(a place we haven't visited since the early days of our marriage 
when we used to go out exploring in our 1968 Land Cruiser)
and then to Spencer and Dubois.

Here's our day in photos!

 The road to Kilgore is SO much FUN...
lots of turns and hills and perfect for a motorcycle!

 Some person totally vandalized the sign by shooting it with their gun and leaving LOTS of bullet holes... Shame on them! 
This is my hunky hubby staring back at me through one of the bullet holes!

 There was snow on the ground and what a fun sight to see a melted "heart shape"!

We turned right at the stop sign 
and headed towards Kilgore!

 I LOVE this guy!

 Kilgore Store...

 Truly a step back in time!
This nice man gave us directions
 and we warmed up with cocoa.

I loved all of the candy bins where you could get many different candies for 2 cents each!

Checking the map...

We were going to head north on a road over to I-15 that parallels the Continental Divide near the Idaho/Montana border.

We decided to try our hand at driving the muddy snow covered road...

Not the best idea in the world...
Stressful...
Scary...
We turned around after about 6 miles and headed back to Kilgore.
I guess we'll have to wait to make it to the Continental Divide border until after the snow melts. 

Back on Terra Firma...

What a neat old building.

Heading to Spencer Idaho, 
via the Idman Road.

What a view...

Cool Shot of my hubby and the train tracks...

Stopped at the rest stop just outside of Dubois 

and pulled out a Thermos with Sloppy Joe fixins 

and enjoyed the sunshine and a delicious lunch!

What a neat old town Dubois, Idaho is!

Heading back towards Rexburg from Dubois via the Clark County Road...

St. Anthony Sand Dunes in the background...

A carcass of probably a 
small deer alongside the road...

Teton mountain range in the background...

We stopped at Smith Park on the drive home 
to enjoy all of the beautiful flags that lined the streets 
and we also took a moment to check in with our kids 
to make sure they made it home from school safely!

On our drive home we stopped and talked with Tracy's brother-in-law Tom at his dental office.  He has an adventure motorcycle as well and we are looking forward to enjoying some adventure motorcycle rides with him in the coming year.

What a perfect day with the love of my life!
Life is abundant in happiness, 
adventures and LOVE, of which I'm so grateful for!