Snowed in New Harmony

Last weekend we took the family South for a relaxing holiday getaway to the warmth of Utah's Dixie. Friday was awesome as we hit the desert with Jason, Coleton, and my Dad for a little geocaching. Apparently there's a huge multi-cache out in no-man's land west of St. George. When you look at the cache from the aerial maps it creates a giant kokopelli. This was too good to pass up on a beautiful 60 degree day.

Unfortunately, the aerial maps don't give you an accurate depiction of just how large this area really is. With Kennedy and Alex in tow, we only made it up one of the kokopell's legs before fatigue set in. I knew they'd only last as long as the treats did, which was about an hour. Oh well, I guess there 's something to take us back to the desert in the next few months.

It's a good thing we hit the cache on Friday, cause that's when our desert getaway ended.

We awoke Saturday to a snow storm.

That never wanted to end.

It snowed all night and most of Saturday in New Harmony.

It snowed thru mid-morning on Sunday.

It took the power out for several hours.

It kept us inside the rest of trip.

With nothing to do on Saturday it became time to head to my parent's basement. Now, my parent's basement has been a topic amongst my family for years.

It's full of boxes.

Lots of them.

No one knows what's inside or where they came from, but they don't want to leave. Each time you go downstairs it seems there's more of them. It's almost like a 50's horror movie.

"The Attack of the Dollar Store Christmas Decorations!"

My mom finally relented and allowed us to help her go through many of the boxes. We sorted, trashed, organized, and moved more stuff than I could have imagined. Tara and Kristin deserve special commendation as they worked for hours going deep into the heart of the basement. They went after the Holiday room.

I was super proud of my mom.

She's never let us work on the basement before.

When the dust finally settled, progress was made. You could actually see some of the floor in the Holiday room. Now, we just need to get to the point where we clean off the ping pong table. If that happens I know anything is possible.

Peace in the Middle East.

A Woman in the White House.

Alex actually flushing the toilet and washing his hands (TMI - I know).

It was a great weekend. Thanks to my mom and dad for letting us invade their house. Thanks to Jason and Kristin for helping with our kids. Thanks to the man upstairs for making it snow so much we had nothing else to do.