Mountain Lion!

One of our friends in Meeteetsee, Fred Thomas took these amazing pictures on a recent mountain lion hunt.
He is a great photographer, and has many pictures that amaze me, these being a few of them.
The dog in this picture is one of our dog, Logan's puppies.
Brilliant & scary photos Fred!

Gingerbread House

Riley's last day of preschool for this semester was Dec 18th. They made gingerbread houses, and
boy was she excited! They had a really great way of doing it too. First you get a small milk carton.
Then you get 6 square parts of a graham cracker (for the sides and roof) and 2 triangle parts
of graham cracker (for the ends). Get some icing, and stick the graham cracker to the milk
carton. Decorate with anything you want, any way you want. Ours was fun, messy, but definitely fun.
Great way to end the semester, now Christmas Break!

Off to find a Christmas Tree!

After doing Christmas photos and eating some lunch, we headed out to find a Christmas tree.
Here is Riley, helping dad drive our old "beater" truck down dirt roads, looking
for one that is "perfect mom"....

This little girl was determined to help find the right tree!

Eskimo kisses are the best when its cold outside!

Aunt Lauren & Riley trying to keep up with the boys!

"Boy I am exhausted after all this tree hunting"

At last, one that we all can agree on!

Christmas Cards Are Coming...

My brother was brave enough to volunteer to take our family photo this year. So he shot several
pictures of us...but its so difficult to get both girls to look at the camera, let alone smile.
Anyway, this isn't the actual picture we used for the card, but one that we are all
looking at the camera with our eyes open....

Sydney Meets Santa

After Breakfast With Santa, Riley insisted that she wanted to go to
Buffalo Bill Historical Center & see Santa again. We waited in line for over 30 minutes...
once it was our turn, Riley just lost it. She wanted NO part of Santa or
anything associated with him. However, I was able to get a picture of Sydney with
Santa, she seemed to do ok, as long as she was allowed to hold the stuffed wolf you
see on his lap!