Remember...

last year when I was naively embracing my first north Idaho winter? And all winter long while I huddled and froze everyone around me commented on what an easy and mellow winter we were having? Yeah, that sucked.

Remember those shoes I bought? These ones.

Well, I learned my lesson. In my annual shoe shopping trip (hahahahaha like I only buy shoes once a year!), I bought like 5 pairs of boots and these:

And I love them.

But don't think that I actually plan on going out in the snow...while I'm huddled under 6 feet of blankets in front of my fireplace, I'm going to wear them then.

Unpacked

...and I don't ever plan on moving ever again until next year.

(K - seriously kidding about the next year thing).

But seriously, check out this view from our backyard. The picture doesn't even do it justice. I'm loving me these mountains. Best place we've ever lived.

Haha just kidding! This picture below of our first front yard was definitely awesomer.

But when we lived here, we didn't have bears get into our garbage cans at night. Just the locals.