National Wildlife Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole Wyoming

The Pinedale Wells Fargo Office had their Holiday Party at the Wildlife Refuge in Jackson. We were able to have a great time on the sleigh ride through the elk herds.

January 11th in Star Valley

Well another week and another foot of snow in Star Valley. Joyce says "are you sure that you want to retire in all this snow?"

Even three feet on the roof. Notice no roof vents or anything through the snow on the roof. Snow is nearly up to the bottom of the windows.

I would say at least 3 feet (waist deep) of snow. It seems to pack down as it settles in and we have a little melting.

Autumn's Day

January 3rd was Autumn's Day. She was baptised. What a great step she has made to follow her Father in Heaven's example. We are very proud of her. Shane's great family.

Craig's great family.

We had a lot of family there to support Autumn. It was a great time to be together.

2nd Try at Christmas 2008

Well after missing the weekend before Christmas, everybody decided to try it again on Christmas Day. This time Todd arrived first, followed by Craig. Even though Shane had the shortest trip, the road was closed. He went through Pocatello and Soda Springs to finally get here about 9:00 pm. We were sure glad to have everyone here safe. As you can see below, Grandpa does finally have a girl.

This time there was nearly 3 feet of powder since the previous weekend. Grandma and I knew it because we shoveled it everyday all week. This time the Golf Course was open and what a time. Even the big Kids loved all the deep powder.

And of course the pile shoveled off the deck was just right to just off the deck into. What fun.

Then Grandma's Girls on her bed had lots of fun. They are already making plans for Grandma's Girl Party.

Since they missed out last week, Todd's kids had to open all their Christmas presents. What fun this Holiday is.

This was really a great time to be together as a family. It makes you realize how important FAMILY is in this life. The love we are able to share and support we recieve from each other is what life is all about.

Grandma and I really enjoyed spending 2 weeks in the new home in Star Valley, even if I did have to go to Pinedale and work for a couple of days.

1st Try at Christmas 2008

Would Christmas Dinner be a Blast without Olives. LOOK GRANDMA - NO HANDS.

We all tried to get together the weekend before Christmas, but Todd was snowed out. We opened presents with Shane and Craig's families. It was fun, but we missed Todd's family.

We only had a foot of snow, so the Golf Course was not open for snowmobiling. So we went around and around the house.

Carter was going through at ditch, you can see his head. The other dark spot that everybody is running to is Jace going head first into the ditch. He was alright, but a little scary.

Quite a feat to keep 5 snowmobiles going around without crashing.

Carter goes faster on his red snowmobile.

Jace cuts the corners to keep up on the yellow one.

Thanksgiving 2008

Well we spent our first Thanksgiving in the new home. The highlights were completing shelving, getting Christmas Trees, decorating ours, and a great Thanksgiving Dinner.

This is the tree that we cut for the Star Valley Home. Shane's family and the Kirkam's also cut trees.

Once we finished cutting the trees, we were able to find enough snow to do some sliding down the hill. Lots of fun.

Who would have thought 6 sets of shelves would have take 2 weekends to finally put together. They ended up being pretty good and will work fine, but what a job.

It was a great Holiday weekend in Star Valley. We are looking forward to Christmas and having the whole family there. Hopefully there will be a little more snow for some outdoor fun.

Ready for Thanksgiving

Carter and Jace came to Star Valley with Craig on Friday Night. The blinds were installed last week. These are pink bubble wraps that the blinds were protected in for shipping. Carter and Jace decided that they were great to jump off the stairs and pop.

Then it was time to play ball. What fun.

The biggest project of the weekend was the installation of the flat screen TV. It took about 4 hours and a trip to the hardware store, but it works. We should have Direct TV by Christmas.

You can notice the blinds in the background. Joyce is really happy with the way they turned out.

We moved the dining room table from Green River so we can have Thanksgiving. If you come to Green River you have to eat off the patio table.