Boxing Day Sledding Extravaganza

A trip to Bend would be pointless if there wasn't some snow, so we went up the mountain and found new snow and a great hill.

 

Bryan and his snow beard started things off.

Julie contemplating the safety of this madness...

Russ and Jules are down!

Uf-duh!

A rare non-wreck for Ricky Bomber!

Mom hidden in a shower of snow

Back surgery was 2 years ago - let's sled!

Considering their route...

Russ, Shan and Mitch clearing a path down the hill!

She looked this happy the whole day!

That's right - shortsleeves for Moose Man!

December Tidbits

 As predicted, the kittens loved the Christmas tree!

We put fewer ornaments on it and no breakable ones, so it was less stressful.

Ranger was particularly aggressive!

We had lots of fires and cozy winter scenes.

And some very helpful gift wrappers!

Laser tag was a big hit!

and stew making was, um, an amusing anecdote!

Mitch brought his snowflake making home from school and made several.

Ugly sweater day at school!

Holiday Visits

 We went to Spokane on the 20th to see our Johnson crew.

We celebrated Avery's birthday with gifts and pie.

The kids opened Christmas gifts, too, and were delighted by the laser tag set they received.

We stayed outdoors and enjoyed each other's company.

Thankfully, there were a couple fires to keep us warm!

The boys did some target shooting.

Cotters opened a few gifts, too.

It was especially good to see Kim following her eye surgeries.

Dave went all "Covid" for the family photo...

These cousins are always happy together!

Then we went to Gram's to visit her and deliver gifts.

Her amaryllis collection was impressive!

Mom and I got to see Grama on Monday as well! Strange Christmas visits, but we are still fortunate to have the opportunities to see each other!

Christmas with the Johnsons

 We enjoyed an early Christmas celebration with the Johnsons!

They hosted us for a lovely dinner

followed by gifts Mitch got some sweet roller blades!

Shan was delighted to receive a horse for her American Girl!

Happiness...

and some gift hilarity! Mitch is sporting Grandpa Dave's new shorty shorts!

As a gift to us, he promised not to wear them in public!

Cheesy picture by the tree of our kids who are growing up so quickly!

The kids are so lucky to have such great grandparents!