McCall

This is really embarrassing to admit, but I have only been to McCall maybe 3 times in my entire life.  Which is really sad.  McCall is only 2 hours away and it is amazingly beautiful.  McCall is a ski resort town.  It is nestled up in the moutains and it is was just beautiful. I have always heard about how much fun it is to go up there in the summer time too. We will have to make it back there again. Soon!!!
Our good friends the Andreason's invited us up to McCall for the weekend.  We used to be in the same ward and out kids used to play together, but since the ward changed and kids grew up and kind of apart, it was nice to get back in touch.  All of our children are roughly the same age too so it was nice. Everyone one had someone to play with.  Casey is a PA and the doctor he works for owns a cabin up in McCall and allows them to use it whenever they want.  This weekend was a great time to get away too.  Ellie had been sick and pretty fussy and we just needed a change of scenery. It was the perfect getaway.
We headed up on Friday night after we picked Keaton up from school. The car trip up there was not the best.  Owen, before we left had chugged an entire mini bottle of chocolate milk and some gummy worms. Lance and I knew that there would be a possiblity of someone puking so we tried to prepare ourselves, with a subway bag?  So we started on our trip and all was fine and dandy until Owen started to get that look in his eyes and I looked at him and asked if he was going to throw up and he shook his head yes and so I reached for that subway bag just in time. He filled it completely full. He puked all the milk and half eaten worms that he didn't care to chew up. I was so grossed out. It was all over him and all over me.  So Lance was kind to pull over so we could get things cleaned up. It was bad but not as bad as it could have been had I not grabbed that bag on time.  So we cleaned him up and were on our way.
McCall was covered in snow.  It was freezing cold. The wind blew nonstop and it snowed off and one the entire time.  It was beautiful!
We brought up our 4-wheeler and sleds so Lance could pull the kids behind it.  It was a hit.  They had a lot of fun. Besides some kids falling off, freezing to death and getting tipped over they had a blast.  Owen, well he was content to stay indoors and watch with Ellie and I from the window. He wasn't much into playing in the snow.
Usually when we go on trips, my kids don't sleep well. They are up and moving around and no one sleeps. Well I am happy to report that they all slept really well.  That made the vacation worth it. Thanks kids!!!!
The cabin we stayed in was amazing.  It was brand new and all the furnishings were top notch.  Very nice. It was a very comfortable place to stay.  I got to find out where they bought their mattresses because I never slept so well.
Ellie did great. She was content the entire time.  She is over her earaches, her 4 teeth on top have broken through and she has pooped once again so all is well. We are back to normal. Whatever normal is.
They kids all played so well together.  There was a Wii there so Andrew was in heaven.  We only let them play a little bit because it started to cause fights over who beat who and whose turn it was. So little time was spent on that. But overall, I would have to say it was a nice vacation.  The food was great too! Thanks Andreason's! We had a great time. Let's do that again soon!!!!

McCall, we hope to see you again soon!