Happy New Year

We had a very quiet evening at home on New Years Eve, the boys went to bed early and Jeff and I watched a movie.  But we spent the first day of the new year out at a public use cabin.  I skied in with Sam in the chariot and Jeff walked in pulling the sled with Wyatt and all our gear.  It was - 5 on our way in but the temps dropped quickly and it was -30 when we went to bed. We had planned on doing some ice fishing and skiing but it was just too cold to do too much other than hang around in the cabin and stoke the fire.

We did go out to start a fire so we could roast hotdogs just to pass the time.

It was still -30 when we woke up in the morning but it warmed up to a balmy -20 by the time the sun came up and Wyatt was very excited to go ice fishing so we figured we would give a shot.  Jeff went out and dug the holes than came back in to get Wyatt. That kid sat out here on the ice staring at the hole for at least 45 minutes. I went out with Sam just to see how it was going.  I asked Wyatt if he was cold and he said, " Well, Mama its just a little chilly today".  That is an Alaskan kid for ya!  And they didn't even catch any fish.

Despite the cold it was a nice relaxing way to kick off the new year.