Black Friday!

yea, so we decided to head down to Kalispell for American thanksgiving. it was great because Rob took off the friday so we could go down on thursday night. then, thursday was a snow-day for Rob which was even a bigger bonus! we could head down before it got too dark, and arrive in time for dinner! well, it was kind of an adventure getting down. i had been checking road reports all day and we decided we would go for it, even though a source told me the boarder was "turning people around" because the roads were "severe driving conditions".

well, to start off we haven't been able to get out of our driveway for days. it snowed a ton, and THEN started to blow. which meant 3 foot drifts. so, to even get going we had to pack all our stuff into our backpacks we took across europe, bundle the kids up and carry them 1/4 mile uphill to the hiway where the van was parked. not to mention it was blowing wind up to 100km/hr, AND the drifts. i had Xander and Rob carried Judy in her carseat. Jude was stellar and had no problems. she was right covered and could've cared less. Xander DID NOT like the wind. i was carrying him and almost died, i'm so out of shape. we must've looked like we were on a major mountain expedition with all the crap we were hauling. but we made it, and were on our way. Xander almost immediately fell asleep in the carseat. i think the wind was too much for him. he never sleeps in the car anymore.

from waterton to carway it was virtually uneventful. the only problem with the roads was that there was a lot of wind blowing snow across them. otherwise they were totally clear. when we got the the boarder, the dude basically told us "i can't tell you to turn around, but it is a really bad idea." we weren't convinced because the roads up till then were fine. and honestly, from carway to babb they were crap with some drifts here and there. but everything else was actually pretty good. until browning. between there and east glacier there was about 2 miles where it was REALLY bad. had it been dark, it would've been very dangerous. it was like a blizzard, but without any actually snowfall. the wind was blowing SO MUCH SNOW, that visibility was zero. i think we could've ran faster out of the car than we were actually going inside the car. then after that the roads were just fine again. thank goodness!!

when we got down there Mandy informed us that her and Larry were going to go shopping at 12:01am to get all the great door-buster deals. i said "YUCK! have fun!" but then we started to look at the flyers and realised what kind of deals there were. so Rob went! hahahaha! i went to bed. i just told him to get whatever he thought was a good deal. and he did! they didn't get back till 2am! they said the car was so full of stuff they almost couldn't get it all back! and seriously, Rob picked up enough stuff to cover ALL our Christmas stuff for the kids, plus Xander's next birthday AND Christmas stuff for kids again next year (Rob is REALLY good at saving stuff). unbelievable the prices! we are all about the black friday now. Rob said it was frenzy at the toy section, but not so much that he didn't get everything he was after. even a bike for $35!!

i saw this on SNL and thought i was funny, so here it is to share... hooray for black friday!

whenever we go to Kalispell we ALWAYS go to 5 guys burger and fries. we love it. and Xanders chows down like crazy. i took this video because we think it's hilarious the way he eats his fries. basically "no-hands" them. i love it!

haha! so we had a great time down there! thanks Mandy, Amy, Larry and Barb for the fun times!