merry christmas!

merry christmas everyone!  if you are reading this, you are very special to us.  we are so thankful for the support from our family, and our family of friends.  life is so good to us and we are thankful for the inspiration we get from all of you.   hope you are snug and cozy with those you love this christmas.  happy birthday Jesus!

 the view from home.

 the kiddos

 the newest member of our family...danni girl!  max's new sidekick.  who will hopefully assist him in kicking out the bears and lions and wolves! oh my!

 johanna and logan hanging out in the lodge at turner mountain. ski season is in full swing with LOTS  of great powder!  its a winter wonderland here and we are enjoying all the playing it has to offer.

logan saying bye to mommy, "go fast mommy."
"oh, okay honey, if you insist."

its snowing!!!!!!!!!!!

warning!

the warning, is that these pictures are just for aunties and uncles and grandparents who love and cherish my kiddos from afar.  i fully realize these are blatant adoration shots..... and i confess.  i do adore my little dancing girl.  i don't know what i was more thrilled with, dancing johanna or cowgirl johanna.   life is good... so good.

yahoooo!!!! cowgirl johanna!

on the road again, i just can't wait to get on the road again...

we've been road warriors this summer, following bob around the state supporting him while he's working.  the kids are loving it and enjoy their "hotel homes" and the bunk houses.

 tinkerbell bubbles for the hotel bathtubs

 johanna enjoys being photographer.

the highlight of their day?  watching daddy work.  this is bigfoot creek, by turner mountain ski area/

family bed, in our hotel home.

we have hit every playground in 100 miles. 

 johanna's perspective of the car floor, cowgirl boots, butterfly identification book, etc.

gigi and pop are here!

gigi and logan digging on pipe creek

hanna collecting rocks with gigi

logan and his pop

visiting daddy at work, that's an armful!

mama and logan on the bulldozer

johanna thought daddy's equipment was a little too loud.

johanna's handiwork while mama was vaccumming

circus party

mass hula hooping at michelle and mike place!

making johanna's first hula hoop with helen

first trampoline jumping

logan loved the fish pond

michelle on the slack line

bull lake

the best campsite at dorr skeels campground!

daddy's working on pipe creek in libby, so we met him and the work crew at bull lake. daddy worked every day, but he got some play time in after work.

feeding the work crew with a view of the sunset over bull lake. ahhhh...

a camping mama is a happy mama!

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johanna just having some personal time at the beach

michelle and margaeux swimming across bull lake to the rope swing, we tried to follow on our floatie, but the wind kicked up a little too big