baby moose

mama moose had a little one in our backyard this weekend. see the little one under mama?
just after mama moose charged max, he hustled for home then!

cleaning her new baby.

mud puddles and dogs

we adopted a new dog named maximus, an airedale, to be our guard dog.
airedales are bred to be tenacious hunters of bears and lions. most importantly, gentle with little ones and protective. perfect combination for camp cuffe. been raining here for weeks, mud puddles have been our passion lately.
mistie and simon visited to join in the fun.

max, doing his thing. he circles the clearing around the house a couple of times an hour. gives an alert bark to let us know if he sees anything.

max is always close by keeping an eye on the action, checks on each of us individually.



max's favorite perch.

eureka riverwalk

it was 70 degrees in eureka today!
we took jo's trike out for a cruise and logan waddled along.
took us 2 and a half hours to go 1.2 miles.
a great day was had by all.

thanks for the fleece gigi and aunt carmen.

jake's handmedown bear hat, i believe.

thank you!

sled riding party

long time sled riding party in trego, montana. karin and pom sang kid songs around the fire.
anna the milk cow scared johanna with those big horns.
even a sighting of a rare snowfrog! ~ really our neighbor carlos, just entertaining the little ones.
pretty fast sled riding!
see jo to daddy's right, peaking out at the pig?

johanna is 3!!

johanna's favorite movie was part of her list of birthday activities.
a hike with just mom and the birthday girl always includes a spin on the swing that we put up half way around the trail.
she's 3!
party was fun, thanks for the blocks uncle dave and auntie nea!
ice cream cake from dairy queen.. mmmmm. one of the benefits to a birthday in january in eureka, montana.

week with gigi!

jo and lo