Lander and Friends

We survived fall semester!!We couldn't have been more excited! Finals ended and we hit the road! We headed to Lander with the Vance's and the Jacob's left shortly after us from Salt Lake to meet us there! Don't judge our car selfies, I love them. 

We were in 3 separate cars with 1 destination! We pulled into town right at the same time and headed to Garrett's parents! We hung out and talked and then we ate dinner. We had a "CRAB BOIL"

Rules for a "CRAB BOIL"

1. No plates

2. Forks are not for putting food in your mouth

3. Forks are only for splitting crab legs

4. Hands only

Debbie made sure everyone washed their hands before we took a seat at the table. We sat down and Vince walked in with a HUGE pan and dumped it on the table. We were all in shock and then we quickly dug in. We were all inhaling the food! It was SO good! We ate so much crab, put our cocktail sauce on the table cloth and dipped our shrimp in it, we dipped everything in butter, Jon threw crab all over the place, and we stuffed ourselves. Since we loved eating off the table so much we even ate our blueberry pie straight from the table cloth as well! So fun, and everyone loved it! But who doesn't love crab?

Friday morning we headed up to Togwotee Mountain to mess around in the snow! It was the perfect day! Garrett worked so hard to have everything ready and make sure it all worked out ok! And we are so grateful for all that he did! Like Tyler said, "In Garrett we trust." I love this awesome, talented, and sweet husband of mine. 

We got there and all hopped on our snowmobiles and got about a quarter of a mile down the trail and the Phazer broke down and wouldn't go any farther. So we turned around and took it back to the truck. But then we couldn't get it up the hill to where we were parked by just pulling it with Garrett's sled. Then we all got off and counted to three and pulled it up the hill little by little and it was hilarious. And afterwards we were exhausted. Well at least I was. 

So then we tried again and headed back out. We parked ourselves at the bottom of a pretty decent sized hill. Katrina and I kind of just hung out at the bottom, took pictures, and watched the boys snowboard down. 

Garrett was the taxi driver up the hill and I don't think he minded it too much, 

I've said it before and I'll say it again, We have the BEST friends. We had the best day hanging out and messing around! It was so fun for me to see Garrett in his element. I've always heard stories and from the very beginning of knowing Garrett I knew he loved to snowmobile but I had never seen him do what he does. He is a stud and scares me half of the time but I love to watch him do what he loves to do. 

Although we spent the day playing on the mountain Madeline and Elle stayed in Lander because Elle was sick. We really missed having them there! But we made up for it that night! We came back and went to Tony's (the best pizza place in Lander) and thankfully for Madeline we were able to get in. They were having a work party and were supposed to be closed. We ate pizza dipped in ranch, listened to bad karaoke, and talked about things that only really close friends would. Then we drank hot chocolate and played ping-pong! 

Saturday morning both the Jacobs and Vance's headed their separate ways around 8. After we had crepes of course. The Jacobs headed to Colorado for Christmas and the Vance's headed to Canada. We were so happy to have them come to Lander for a few days! We loved hanging out and not having to worry about homework! We are thankful for Debbie and Vince for letting everyone come, feeding us so well, and letting us use their snowmobiles. Garrett has awesome parents and I have awesome in-laws. We are blessed with great friends and great family.