The lodge was great! When we first got there, David and I volunteered to help out with dinner. We were having chile and cornbread. We got going on the cornbread, and since we were making it for about 30 or so people, we decided to use the mixer there. It was like a 2 gallon heavy duty kitchen-aid, so we dumped all the water and mix in. David turned the mixer on and we didn't realize that it was set too high and about 1/3 of the mix came flying out and splattered all over us. I think Nick and Amber were standing close-by and they got a little bit on them too. We all just laughed about it and we weren't wanted in the kitchen anymore. There was still plenty of cornbread for everyone, so we didn't feel too bad about it.
There was always good food to eat, and plenty of it. There was a whole counter of food that we were allowed to snack on and Mom made sure we knew where that was so we didn't eat everything that she needed for the meals.
We took a trip to the mountain and did some snowboarding and skiing. It was a nice day up there and the snow was nice too. There seemed to be a lot of moguls all over the place which made it harder for us to just fly down the mountain like we usually did. It was pretty cute when Luke thought that they were called Mongols. Not quite, but I think we did a good job at plowing right over the tops of them and flattening them down a little.
Another day there, we found a hill that we went sledding and tubing on. We were the first ones there I think and we had to pack down the snow. It was fun to go down and see how fast and far you could go. The hardest part was always walking back up for another ride.One ride down we all made a train. David and I were in the back on a big tube. Nick was pushing the tubes to get everyone going and then hopped on our tube. So I had Nick and David piled on top of me and I was dragging on the ground the whole time. I was fine the with it until I went right over a rock and nailed my tailbone. I was done after that. I thought I had enough padding down there, but I guess I got some work to do... or maybe I better just avoid the rocks.
Later that afternoon was the hay ride. I wasn't feeling like riding on anything bumpy for a while. I had my fun for the day. My rear was, and still is, pretty sore. It's hard for everyone to remember not to wrestle and throw me down.
The rest of Christmas week we played lots of games. We played a lot of Settlers of Catan, Cities and Knights, Scum, Blockus, Imangine If..., Scategories, Nerts, and some other card games too. We stayed up way to late every night and had too much fun with each other. All of us Bare kids were pretty lazy during the day and crazy at night.
On the way home, Mom and Dad let us stop at Miner's for the big ol' burgers and some fries and a yummy shake. It is always so good as you are eating all that food, but I feel like it does a number on my stomach.
We were all pretty lazy once we got home. We had a little celebration for Mom on her birthday, but it was pretty little. After church, Dad and all the boys put aprons on and cleaned up the kitchen and made lunch. They made grilled cheese and tomato soup, which was perfect. I don't know what could have tasted better. It is definitely one of my favorites. Mom got special treatment as she got real Tillamook cheese on the good and healthy bread. Nick even put a candle in it so Mom could blow it out for her big day. Brooks made cobbler too and of course it was all eaten by the time we woke up from our naps. What a party huh?! We really do love you Mom.There were a lot of football bowl games on which were fun to watch. I spent one day applying for jobs in Portland in hopes that I get to do something with kids at a preschool or daycare.
For New Year's Eve, we weren't too exciting. Abby and Luke went out with their friends and so it was David, Nick, Mom, Dad and me. We watched a movie and Nick and I fell a sleep. Dad made bread, mom made the hamburger/cheese dip, and that was about it. It was nice to relax and I am glad we didn't have anybody there, because we would have been pretty boring entertainers.We moved in to our apartment yesterday and Mom brought down a big load of stuff for us on her way out to Grandma Honey and Grandpa Bob's place. We like our new place a lot except for parking. David starts his internship on Monday and goes right down to San Francisco for training, so hopefully I can stay busy and find a job while he is gone next week.
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