Valintine's Day Week-End

WOW!  What a week end.... Just when I thought Tom wasn't going to give me any more "fun" writing material.... The old boy came through......

I have to back up just far enough to tell you that Tom was told 2 weeks prior to this week end, that he was getting a snow mobile...... That's like a little kid waiting for Christmas....... so I have to say that it was a little touch and go during that time......  my repetitive saying was "the snowmobile isn't here yet!" 

Travis and his family pulled in around 8:00 PM Friday Night............  Tom helped Travis unload  "THE SKI-DOO"and his own "REALLY FAST" >>>>>>>mobile  (Polaris 800) that he brought with.  Tom was given instructions on the Ski-doo which may be a "classic" but is in  great shape and runs great..... Started right off.......Tom took the REALLY FAST>>>>>>>mobile for a spin and said" that's crazy!" 

Before they all left that evening they presented Tom with a "special" helmet.  Tom loved it.......He was going to wear it just like that??????  He thought that was  "SO FUNNY"  We all got a good laugh as I'm sure you all are.

 After they left, Tom buzzed down the drive way and back... "MOM I have a snow mobile...Now you won't never know where I'm at...."  he said as he was coming in out of the cold night.  "I may not come home for days" he joked.

  I said, "Yes you will......I have people who will come find you and bring you home."  He laughed as he knew I was talking about law enforcement.

Our girls (dogs) let us sleep till 8:00 AM.  I was up once during the night to let Emily and Sarah out to go pee...have no idea what time that was....too tired to care.......   I usually don't wake up for that part now....I just do it in sleep mode.
 

I brought Tom his coffee and was just getting mine when I noticed a bunch of people in my yard.  It was Trav and his family and Sandy with her boys... They were playing on the snow hill Tom had the neighbor make for the kids.

Our neighbor "rented" a bob cat to clean the snow build up in his driveway.  Tom asked him to come push up snow into a hill for the kids. I have no idea what kids and when he was talking about but apparently Sandy caught that when I told her so she came up with this little surprise.

 The girls started barking and Tom started hollering and oh boy!!!!!!!  I got Tom to get up and look out the window....He cussed all the way there.  he looked out the window and he smiled and said "well I'll be darned.........look at that would ya!"........  He pulled up a chair and watched the kids play.......

Now I have to tell you these kids were brave getting up that early on Saturday morning and playing in the 15 below morning temps BEFORE breakfast.
 

They brought the makings for breakfast too.  So we got everyone in where it was warm and made a hot breakfast.  

After they all left to do what ever they were doing for the day, Tom got dressed to try out his ski doo.  We were expecting company shortly after noon but he was only going for a spin to see how it runs........

He left somewhere around 11:00 AM........... His sister and husband came out........ NO TOM......So we discussed....... "where oh where could Tommy be?"

Well shortly before 3:00 a soaking wet (from sweat) tired, wore out Tommy Boy walked through the door.  He put his soaking wet bomber hat on the table and said "don't say a word!" 

"Where did you break down at?"  I asked.   "Ohhhh a long ways away from here.  I've been walking for hours,  in these heavy boots and breaking through the crust on the snow".........He was right.  Travis clocked it at 4 miles.

Sunday before Travis and his family headed home, they stopped here so Travis and Tom could retrieve the Ski-Doo.........(carburetor problem)
 

JUST before they left we couldn't find Emily.........

She finally started answering our call.  She was stuck under Tom's Shack......... Trav saved the day there too.  He got her out.  Later Tom said he was going to take his chain saw and shave down the floor plate..........I think he meant where she was wedged in at..........That would not have turned out well.........

At the close of Sunday I cooked up a steak and shrimp diner compliments of Tom's sister and husband...... and we so enjoyed our diner.  After we let that settle I brought the strawberry cheese cake and two forks into the bedroom where Tom was watching the Olympic Games.........of coarse I invited the girls to join us.......