Our Winter Moose

A few days ago, a moose walked right through our front yard

and across our driveway to the grove of trees next door

and laid down for a little snooze.

That is me in the truck as I drove up and called dad to take a picture.  I waited for him to go into the trees before I opened our garage... so I didn't scare him.

snow!

This caught my eye and made me smile...

Christmas this year

cutting our Christmas Tree

                                                          stringing the lights

                                                          our fun Christmoose wreath

                 

dad reading Little Red Buckets

our Family Room all decked out

                                             

shaking presents

                                       
                                          my turn to do the Christmas calendar

                                         dad reading the nightly Christmas stories
                             

Christmas eve sneaking a bite of pie

                                        so funny... dad waiting for Erin and I outside
                                                the dressing room at Kohls

my birthday treat at Cold Stone  :)

Erin cross country skiing

Erin has loved cross country skiing this year

 
                                                   frosty window waiting for Erin to come out

                             check out Erin's frozen hair and eyelashes...

                                                           
                                        up close  baby, it's cold outside!

snow, snow, and more snow

It's been a beautiful winter this year.
An absolute winter wonderland.
We've had cold, cold temperatures, ferocious winds
and over 90 inches of snowfall this year.
Erin and I couldn't see a single snow man on our street.
We were determined to get one built  before Christmas.
Isn't he a dandy?   Here is the before the next snow fall...

...and here he is after the next snow fall.   

He just keeps getting dumped on and dumped on  

      we brush him off daily and have replaced his carrot nose

 and charcoal eyes several times.  

The snow to date is up to his belly.  :)

This is our back yard.... see the swing
and trampoline out there.... somewhere?

the snow is up to our porch... covering our 3 steps.
See Kodiak's paw prints as he goes out to do
his business.... somewhere out there.

                                               so funny.

                                                  Erin shoveling our front walk

                                       our little pathway to the front steps

poor dad as he tackles the driveway... we need a snowblower  

(or Scott and Joe to come back)   

                         Our home at night a few days before Christmas

                               
                             Christmas Eve

                                     Erin lighting the luminaries