It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never have

I'm running a little late this year with my annual list but here is the list of the best albums of 2008 according to me.

01 - Glasvegas - Glasvegas
02 - The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale
03 - Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
04 - M83 - Saturdays = Youth
05 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
06 - Al Green - Lay It Down
07 - Van She - V
08 - Julie Ocean - Long Gone And Nearly There
09 - Nicolay & Kay - Time Line
10 - Boris - Smile (US)
11 - The Roots - Rising Down
12 - The Broken West - Now or Heaven
13 - The Explorers Club - Freedom Wind
14 - EPMD - We Mean Business
15 - French Kicks - Swimming
16 - Murs - Murs For President
17 - Q-Tip - The Renaissance
18 - Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
19 - Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
20 - Alaska In Winter - Holiday
21 - Sun Kil Moon - April
22 - The Little Ones - Morning Tide
23 - The Futureheads - This Is Not the World
24 - The Teenagers - Reality Check
25 - Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
26 - The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
27 - Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
28 - Nas - Untitled
29 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
30 - Vast Aire - Dueces Wild

Once again, the lakehouse was the spot for the New Year's blowout. Much alcohol was consumed and the dancing went all night. Good times.

We did a little snowshoeing while in Boise over the holidays. Actually, this was in Idaho City which is a few hours outside of Boise at about 6000ft.