The Last Day of 2011

Well yesterday I was looking through my photos, and found this one from the end of December last year...

So I took this picture yesterday, about 1 year apart.

The lack of snow has me worried as a professional and as an individual. Last year was sooo good, but we need more winters like this to recharge our aquifers...OK off y soap box!!
So now I will give a fast look back at or adventures in 2011...
ENJOY!

We lost our dear friend Ralph Gifford in January...RIP one of the greatest men I have ever met.

We started Bountiful Baskets and have enjoyed the savings and delicious fruit and veggies every other week all year.....$15.00 each time for at least $45.00 in produce from the store :-D

My sis Kristina had her first baby...Little Eaven...Hes such a cutie!!!!!

Carson started Track at school. He lettered as a Freshman...Yeah thats my boy!!!!! Sprinter just like his mom :)

I had foot surgery and my work sent these beautiful flowers....It really made me feel better. AND the foot has never felt better in a very long time..so glad I found Dr Paul Daniels..He was a God send for sure!!

I planted my flower garden in the front...Dan made fun of me, but it turned out nice to spite the early June snow we got.

I cut the tulips before they dies off to enjoy them in the house. :)

We bought a great entertainment center for $50.00...

Yazzi came to visit..Gunny was her buddy the whole time, and she cooked marshmallows over the fire for the first time ever. She got mad at me at first then when she tasted it she couldnt get enough....

Dan had fun playing with Yazzi at the park too... WOW what a RIDE!!!! This slide is all rollers.

Yazzi loved the tire swing at the Diamondville Park.

We took our annual trip to Yellowstone too.....

We love to camp at Colter Bay and rent a Tent Cabin...It was a great trip!!!

We played on the beach at Yellowstone Lake for more than an hour...WOW it was FUN!!!

We also stopped at all the look outs...Dan missed the best view here LOL!! :-D

Carson Volunteered for the BLM Native Seed Program all summer...he logged over 300 hours. This is John Christensen our Field Manager presenting him with a certificate. He also got a leatherman and fleece jacket. Carson is a HARD worker and we are proud of him!

We had a truck slide off a shale hill into a creek and Dan and I both got to work together on it to recover it and he did all the mapping for me.

We FINALLY got our perfect dinning set...patience prevailed here we got this set for $100.00. Dan sold a hard drive we couldn't use that was still new and we bought the table!

Carson has a cute girlie friend ;-}

 The Duck Hunt Opener...well sort of, our friends read it wrong, and it was date 2..but Dan dropped several birds on the river.

We brought Giffords kitty Tootsie home...hes been fun..silly cat Gunny is still jealous.

Dad and Etta came for supper, and Dan made lots of bead pudding YUMMMMM!!

We made cookies for Halloween...They were gone as fast as we made them hehehehe!

I went on training twice from the last week of November to the third week of December.....

Dan got his snow blower....too bad this was the first and only big snow we have had to date.....

So we are ready for Christmas.....

Soooo This should say it all LOL!!!

Carson claimed the quilt Karen made us for Christmas...he spent four fun days with us, and drove me around town...hes getting to be a good driver. :)

So we leave you with this as a welcome to 2012....to you our family and friends....have a SAFE and HAPPY New Year!!!
See ya next year!!!!

CHRISTAMS 2011 The adventure

We started our Christmas adventures with Dave  and Andrea Snyder and their kids. This is their daughter Aspen on their pony Twix...we had a great visit with them and Kaylee drew us some awesome horse pictures...Briggs has really grown up, and Kaden is quite the kid, I see how he keeps his mom busy.

Christmas eve night we went to Dans Grandpa and Grandma Frandsens house for supper and games. These bracelets are from them. The buffalo nickel bracelet matches the necklace Dan bought me at Rendezvous in 2009.. We also got a 50th  anniversary sigh for the Taylor Grazing Act..REALLY COOL!!!!

During the white elephant game we got gift cards...Dan and I ended up with 2 Cabelas $50.00 cards and an REI $50.00 card..for the candy bar game Dan got his favorite Symphony bar, and I got a Godiva dark chocolate bar MMMMMM!!!!!  we went and put luminaries in families graves after that.

After the cemetery we went back to Karens and Dan and his siblings played RISK. I sat and sipped my Diet Dr. Pepper and watched.  below is Dan Hans and Jesse, plotting attacks against each other LOL!!

This is Dans sis Annie...she ultimately won the game..Jesse and her were the last to stand. Annies hubby Chris played too..thought I got a pic with him, but at 1AM who knows...the game ended at 2am and we went back to our hotel room....ahhh what a day!

The next morning we opened gifts at Karens and had a nice breakfast.

Santa left us toothbrushes in our stockings, and Dan was happy LOL!! the wrapping was from our quilt Karen made for us from her and Tracy. "KING DAN" who the turned into.....

The boogie man! we then had our own version of "nightmare before Christmas" only Christmas morning LOL!!!

This is the quilt Karen made us..its hard to see in the pic, but the dark area had barbed wire, and there are horse heads, horse shoes wheat and barn wood patterns in it...She batted it with wool, so it will be nice and warm.. I LOVE IT!!

We picked up Miss Yazzminn and headed to Maureens for Christmas, but first stopped to get Christa at work and to pick up Shawn. There are Ducks at Christas work as "pets" for the residence...Yazzi liked to watch them.

One kept flying up and hissing...but was really a scardy bird. She spotted a lone feather and ran to pick it up.

Although the date stamp is 12/24/11 it was really Christmas day.

This is the Duck who wanted to be tough...but was not at all. But for the fact he was almost as tall as Yazzi..I carried her when he was out of their pen.

At Maureens Yazzi was in her glory!! This is from Great Grandpa Dale and Etta..

See the date finally changed!

Christa and Shawn gave Maureen a Kachena doll.

Yazzi attacking her gifts

This was her favorite of the day...Princess shoes and crowns from Grandpa Dale and Etta

Her pony from Aunt Amanda and Uncle Andrew

Her pink mitten ornament for 2011.."Its Pink! I love Pink"! was what she said.

Great Great Grandma Maureen got her this darling dress.....

Yazzminn thanking her for the dress...her Grandma Kathy said she would be sure to have her wear it soon!

Shawn helped Yazzi open other gifts too.

Yazzi had to show her mommy how to open gifts, Christa was taking to long LOL!

Christa and Shawn got a bunch of small shampoos, conditioners and lotions from Dans Grandma Joann, Yazzi found some lotion and was quite happy. :)

Christa got a bag of coal, and its hard to take a picture when your laughing..

Amanda and Andrew enjoyed the circus

Yazzi in her princess shoes and crown

Christa walks to work, so we got her a good pair of warm snow boots.

Amanda opening one of their gifts, Rocky thinks it should be for him.

Yazzi was trying to put two pairs of shoes on her feet at once, we told her she had to wear them one at a time..she said NO! and put them on her hands and was running around on all fours...shes a silly kid!

We took Carson home Monday..we celebrated Christmas with him then, so we had a "double" Christmas dose.

The cookware is ours from Santa  Family gift!

He was excited to get money from Grandpa Dale and Etta, and some from Grandma Pam and Jack too.

He got a gift card to Sportsman's Warehouse from Maureen and a popcorn tin...

Gunny waisted no time emptying his stocking and getting to the toys and treats!

Yeah hes spoiled too

Gift wrap all over the hall

Opening the gift from Betty Gifford......

Its an Atialtil (not sure of the real spelling, but I usually make it up as I go anyway :D )

Yeah hes happy :-D

Now Christmas is over for another year, its time to clean it all up, and say THANKS to everyone for the wonderful stuff!! Carson has claimed the quilt Karen made...

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas..and will have a fantastic New Year too!!