Fun at the Johnson's cabin

           We were invited to go with the Chadwick's
           up to Doug and Angie Johnson's cabin
           the day after Thanksgiving.  We had a ball.
       
 Our drive began with early morning fog and snow

                                                click on this picture and read the sign
                                     

                                               
                                                       look who we saw on our way

                                               maybe if I sit very still they won't see me.....

                               
                                                  he was feasting on an misfortunate moose

                                             
                                                 warming up before we head out to the lake

               
                                                       Erin and Mat on the snow machine
                                                                   on the frozen lake

                                            dad and I taking our turn on the snow machine

         
                                                    warming up around the fire

beautiful sunset over the frozen lake 

Thanksgiving Day...so much to be thankful for

We started our Thanksgiving day with a 

warm cinnamon pecan pull apart  ...yum

                                         followed by nut cracking, peeling oranges and
                                         watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade

                         
                                           have you noticed the elephant in the room??

                           right away the turkey goes in the oven

and the rolls started

did I mention football??

Erin and I continued working on our puzzle

is that the cutest puzzle ever?

                                    Erin helps with the pomegranate
                                 whipped cream fruit salad

                                                                   

carving the turkey... notice kodiak... he is right... there
                                     

                             
our wonderful dinner... we are so very blessed

getting ready for our evening walk...  burrrrrr

it was a very cold, snowy walk

here we are all bundled up

a few things...

Did I tell you that we've had record cold temperatures, record winds, and record snow fall so far this winter??

    check out these icicles outside my school door

can you see them hanging outside the upper window?

Erin's cross country ski jacket

just home from practice

                                                      me at my computer at school

      Serving lunch

                     
                                                                                             here are your choices

here are your choices... again

re-explaining what the options are.....  :)

my new white board at my school 

so I can write each day's menu.
I do love this job!

Young Women Award

I have spent this last year working on my Personal Progress with Erin.

I knew this would be Erin's last Young Women's in Excellence program and I

determined that this would be my last chance to work on finishing my own

personal progress booklet.  I love young women program and was honored to

take the new booklet and redo and recommit my goals.

Erin helped me sign things off to earn her honor bee.

It was a very sweet evening and I really was honored to be awarded the 

Young Womanhood Recognition medallion

and the scripture ribbons 

Erin earned her YW recognition and medallion last year.  

She's been working on earning her honor bee. 

Here is Erin's honor bee close up.

Spooky Halloween

The young men and young women put on a
halloween carnival for the primary kids this year

                             

                                     the laurels were in charge of the haunted house

We decided 16 degrees or not, to greet the trick or treaters on the porch
with a little fire to warm them up 

did you notice that we've got mice here there and everywhere                 

spooky...

dad's creation  a scary ghoul 

mom's creation.... pretty good wouldn't you say??
(don't be silly...I followed a Martha Stewart pattern)

Erin's spooky witch