Ice Climbing

Spanish Fork Peak, Crowd Ridge

This is the summit! We couldn't see a thing. We were exhausted, cold, and pumped.
The view down before the whiteout.
Snow on my back while eating my lunch.


This is Crowd Ridge. Robb and I woke up at 5:30am to drive down to Spanish Fork. First we parked at a lot and carpooled in a 4WD car up to the trailhead. Once we got started we hiked up until it was time for us to put our Snow shoes on. These were special snowshoes that had an ascent helper so we could walk uphill. The first part of the snowshoeing was great, easy, a slight incline. THEN it got technical. This mountain had at least 4 false summits and it was extremely steep. About half way up it started to get really windy, and then the snow started to blow with the wind. It was intense. When we got to the last false summit it was a complete whiteout. We had some food, and water and started to descend. Overall, it was a great trip. Lots of work! I was so sore the next 3 days I could barely walk.

The second little part, people left their skis.
Here, Robb has icicles on his cheek it was so cold and windy!

My hat, cheeks, and hair is frozen.
We are just about to put our snow shoes on.

Christmas in Kennewick

This Christmas we went to Kennewick where Robb is from and spent time with his family. We did lots of fun things and ate lots of tasty food.


New Year's Eve the grandkids acted out the nativity. It was pretty good. Very animated. I think Sleeping Beauty was Baby Jesus. It was fun to see the nativity, and reminded us why we celebrated Christmas.


This is what the Christmas Tree looked like before we started opening the presents. Very beautifully decorated!
Christmas came a little to early for Mr. Robb. We definitely got spoiled!

Opening presents wore out someone...