The final product After our short stay in Utah, we retraced our steps and headed to Boise where we spent a day and a half at the Adams' home with our favorite twins of all time.   Those two little boys crack us up and are incredible specimens of energy! They are two of a kind!  Our timing was somewhat unfortunate as Zach had to work and Rochelle also had a very busy schedule -- but that meant we got some quality time with Max and Miles.  We took them out to buy gingerbread houses and candy, which we then returned home to decorate and eat.  We learned that Max loves Starbursts and Miles loves Sour Patch Kids.  Miles will even eat the sour patch kids after they've been hot glued to a house! While we were there we also read books, played games and also braved the cold (15 degrees at best) to see the Christmas lights at the Boise Botanical garden.    It was a great day and a half. CHEEESE

From Boise we took the long way to Twin Falls, stopping first in Bruneau in hopes to connect with grandparents and to visit the cemetery.  We missed the grandparents, so our stop was shorter than expected - but did mean we arrived in Twin in time for dinner.  We spent New Year's Even hanging out with Bryce and Elaine's family -- but all of us too tired to actually make it to midnight.  We're getting old.

 New Year's Day was loads of fun.  The crew waiting in line We had a slow start to the day and then nearly everyone (we were missing only Lee's mom and Connor and Whitney) headed up to Magic Mountain for sledding/tubing.  It was another cold afternoon, but sunny and beautiful.  We spent two hours being towed up the hill and then sledding down.   Both kids and adults alike had a great time.  Definitely something we need to do again! We returned home for family dinner and then everyone went their separate ways.   

Friday was our last day with family and while I hung with the girls (Elaine, Kate, Hailee and Paige), Lee hung with Bryce and Eli and they made progress on Eli's first pinewood derby car.  Lee and Katie The girls played all sorts of games and enjoyed the downtime.   Then, on Saturday morning we packed up and headed home.    The two weeks flew by -- but we're glad we had the chance to connect with all our family (Hardings included)! 

Idaho pictures are here.