Daniel's Summit....rocks

This is the Daniel's Summit Lodge. My dad takes us all up there every year between Christmas and New Year's. It is one of my favorite traditions we do. I LOVE this place!!!This is a blurry picture of our room. Yay! I love the rooms. They are so cozy and cabin....y. In past years, when Austin and Steve were here, they would always come into our room for Madden football on the x-box. Kevin is looking forward to that next year...

A picture of our fire place and fridge. Er, porch. That would be Coke sitting out in the snow for a little chill session. We would get one about 10 minutes later and it would be slushy. Delish.
This is the view from our porch in the morning. Nothin but wilderness
Shelene, Ivy, and Dad just walking to the restaurant. Brrrrr.

My brother-in-law Dan and Kyler Boo in the General Store. Isn't Kyler yummy?
The gang at dinner minus Kevin and I...I took the picture just as we were arriving (i am going to try to change the fact that Kevin and I are NEVER in any of the pictures on this blog)
Ivy. This is her one and only picture face. I guess you could say it's her "Blue Steel"Ethan trying on hats in the General Store...

The first night there, playing games. They have little areas like this in the lobby and upstairs set up for groups to gather and play games. This is one of my favorite parts about the trip, just getting together in our pajamas and sitting in the big comfy couches and chairs and playing all night long.Justin and Jessica. If I tried to explain how we are family....you'd go cross eyed just thinking about it. So I will. Justin is my step mom's step son from her first marriage, whom she helped raise. But Chace and Justin are half brother's because their Dad was married before Shelene, so they have different moms....got it?
My brother Chace and his cute girlfriend Duvae. (Because he is leaving on his mission in February, according to them I don't think I'm supposed to SAY girlfriend....but whatever. It's his girlfriend)
Getting ready to head out on the trail. This is the whole reason we come up here. To snowmobile!!
The first dig out. There was literally about 6 feet of fresh powder, so getting stuck was not hard to do...One of my favorite things is going off the trail and finding jumps and whatnot, but this year that was a little difficult. Only if you wanted to risk getting stuck and spending a half hour digging yourself out.

Just cruising along the trail....isn't it so pretty? Even more so in person
I'm kind of obsessed with cool trees(yep), and these were incredible. Being in the mountains with fresh snow brings a whole new meaning to winter wonderland. And I was smack dab in the middle of it.

Just look at that little guy. All bundled up in his snow gear and a helmet he can barely hold his head up with.....so cute

K, this is when I wish I knew what I was doing with my camera. This picture was SO COOL in person. That bright spot above the trees is the sun (der), but it was this muted, perfect little circle peaking through the sky and if you put your head close and to the bottom of the screen and look up, you can barely see it. Go on, do it. You did didn't you?

Some "action shots"

Another blurry picture thanks to the hubs. This is our last night there, and we are downstairs by the fireplace getting ready to play some more games. That Christmas tree in the background goes from the ground level all the way up through the second floor.

Goodbye to Daniel and his summit. See you next year!