GORGEOUS NEW YEARS EVE DAY

The moisture finally arrived to Montana! We woke up on New Years Eve day with an inch at our house and glorious sunshine so we knew we needed to seek out the snow. We loaded up the car and headed to Bozeman to check out a canyon we hadn't been too. If you know Salt Lake then I would compare it to Millcreek Canyon. It was a wonderful suprise to discover and to see that there was a nice good dumping of fresh snow to play in. We had a great couple hours of snowshoeing and sledding and then off to warm up with some good food at applebees. Fun day. We are hoping the snow will stay around but we hear it will be 50 degrees next week! Well, winter is 6 months here so more time to play in it will come. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

SNOWSHOEING HYALITE CANYON

Checking out the Bridger Bowl

The day after christmas we took a beautiful drive up the canyon to the ski resort bridger bowl.
The drive was dry and hardly any sign of snow but once we made it to the top it opened up to a beautiful scene of trees, snow and sunshine! We wanted to give Zach a glimpse of what it will be like as he takes some ski lessons this year for the first time. Carter also hopes to do some snowboarding. It is a nice small mountain that is perfect for kids. Love these handsome boys. We hope everyone had a very merry christmas and Happy NEW YEAR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011

Christmas morning

Christmas morning started early at 6 am at the Roberts household. It was a great morning despite Gavin's many sad faces as the others opened their gifts. Once the Wii was revealed, all woes came to a hault. :)

An angel among us

Here is our "Little Angel" :) When I asked him what he was going to be in his play he said "an angel, I don't want to be an angel". I had to laugh, he would have preferred a shepherd or a wise men. He did a great job singing in his school play and I was so proud of him for making it through with a stomach ache, hence the sad looking face. What an angel!

TREE HUNTING

We set out to find the perfect christmas tree on a cool 20 degree morning. With snowshoes on and a saw in hand they were off in search of the best tree. I watched as a few other dad's came up the mountain with their sons and quickly cut down a tree and left but not my guys. . They spent an hour in the cold temps to find a most perfect tree. Even maggie joined us but quickly learned that the snow is cold on the paws and wanted to head back to the car but not untill she ran freely through the snow path. Good job boys.

Ducks at the Park

One day when the snow finally fell in the morning I decided to take a drive past the park after picking up the boys from school and this is what we saw as we drove by the creek. It was completely full of ducks and geese. It was a beautiful sight to see all of those green heads and a flash of white here and there. I would have thought they would migrate but they have remained here in montana.

WE HAVE EGGS!

Every afternoon we head out to the coop and find a few eggs waiting for us. Beautiful brown and green eggs! Organic eggs sure make for wonderful scrambled eggs for a quick dinner.

wolf badge award!

We are so proud of Carter for working hard to earn his wolf badge. Here he is with his good friend Tyler after Dad put the ceremonial face paint on him. Good job Carter!!!