Our third snow fall this December has been a doozer. 20" was more than manual snowshowel can handle. Thanks to neighbor's help with mechanized muscle, we were able to get the driveway cleared. Mom took shoots of deeries and we got a nice shot of the house.

Alexander's Birthday Party

Fun at Famous Dave's. Little guys with their Dads. Wish that window wasn't there....would have gotten a better picture.
Will with some baby time.

Waiting to blow out the candles.

D trying to get in on the act. He did manage to blow out one candle which had to be re-lite....... hahahahahaa.

Birthday boy waving. What a cute little guy!

More pics .. more fun

More fun pics ... Same day

A Fun Day

We had a surprise visit from those Mom and I hold near and dear. Mom hurt her back and we were bracing for a gloomy day when out of the blue came three smiling faces that made our day all better. Mother nature smiled at us as well by offering us a sunny afternoon with spring like temperature. "D" likes to ride on mommy's back and from the looks of it, mommy didn't mind.
Nana took a shot of mommy with Gwynne in pouch.

Big "D" mow-mowing the leaves and grass and doing a great job. Go "D" .... Go.

"D" likes to run ahead of everyone. Nana just watched from the front door.

Halloween

Well, we didn't make it to the party that we were invited to. Mom and I both woke with a sore throat Friday and didn't want to infect anyone so we stayed home. We're better now and was able to go to Patti's Xmas sale and we passed out candy Saturday night to the neighbor kids. This is the pumpkin I carved. My first here and the last time I remember was when Chris was a little boy.
This is what the kids saw when they came up to the door.

A closeup. Booo-ooo

A Look Back

Guess who was being baptized in this picture? Get a load of them thar threads. LOL.

See, he cried too. What a bundle. Ah, pictures bring back such pleasant memories.

God, get a load of them leathers and that little one is eating good....... don't ya think?

Leaving Yellowstone puts us right into Teton National Park. The view was awesome. Again, Mother Nature was kind by giving us beautiful weather.

This was the top of the Air Tram at Mount Rendezvour at Teton Village which we just happened upon because there were no vacancies at Jackson Hole when we arrived. The only availability was a "hostel" at Teton Village so we took it. If you look real close at the next picture, it was taken from the bottom of the lift and the top is at the very peak next to the visible cable on the right.

Ma and I were fortunate to happen upon a food festival at Jackson Hole the day we arrived. We ate our way through the crowd. It was a real treat. All the local resturants set up tents and cooked out.

Ma and I thank the lord for a wonderful vacation and this was the church where we attended mass on sunday in Jackson Hole.

We were able to spend some time at the Lake Lodge near the Canyon. This was a place where we saw a whole herd of buffalos real close. Some were too close for comfort. When you could reach out and touch one......THAT'S TOO CLOSE.

As you can see they are right in the front lawn.

The beach on the lake in the evening was spectacular. Mother Nature smiled upon us as she bathe us with the warmth of the sunset and caressed us by a cool gentle breeze. Ma and I sat and watched as the sun departed and the evening glow appeared. Ma stood up and gave a melancholy sigh and I took the picture.

This was our last breakfast in Yellowstone. As it turned out, we really enjoyed it. We got back from the Lake Lodge real late and found everything closed and the Canyon area wasn't going to be opened the next morning until 11am and we wanted to get an early start so we ate in the room with what we had on hand.

The fourth day Ma and I got to go to the canyon region of Yellowstone and it was breath-taking. This is the shot of the lower falls from the south ridge. This area was a wonderland for hiking and pure euphoria for nature lovers. We couldn't have picked a better day to enjoy Mother Nature.

This was called Angle point which gave a great view of the Lower falls.

Shot of the Upper falls from the south ridge.

Shot of the canyon from the North Ridge looking south.

A bull buffalo with his mate. Hummm??

I post this picture before: sorry

We were able to finally secure lodging in the Inn on the third day. What a grand place. It was nice to be in the Lodge during the evening hours because they had a fire going in the big fireplace, live entertainment (piano player and violinist) .
We have several shots of geysers around the area and some were claimed to be 100's of thousand of years old. Mom and I spend the day walking all around the park grounds smelling the pungent but rather appealing aroma in such beauty and wonder of Mother Nature.

Shot of Old Faithful in the evening. It was simply grand.

The best shot we go of the Old Inn. It was really huge. this was also posted before....... I forgot.

This was taken from the observation point high up on the hill. New camera had a great zoom and I was able to get a good shot from quite a great distance.