What a fun holiday weekend we had!!! It was a fairly quiet Thanksgiving, but packed full of fun memories. After our Thanksgiving feast on Thursday we headed to the mountains Friday afternoon. After stopping at Grandpa Larry's to wish him a very happy 87th birthday we headed to Red Lodge in search of the perfect Christmas tree. First things first we had to stop at the Candy Emporium. The boys loaded their bags with plenty of sweets to keep them content for the rest of the weekend. The rest of the afternoon was spent shopping, swimming and playing cards. Saturday we went to the Beartooth Nature Center where they rescue animals that cannot return to the wild. The boys always have their favorites. Rascal was a big hit watching him try to escape from his cage. Also the pet cat who was best friends with the deer was also fun to watch. We did end up finding a tree, non perfect to say the least but all in all it ended up to be the boys favorite part of the trip. We have so much to be thankful for this year and miss all our friends and family so far away. Life is all about the memories we make and those we share them with so thank you all for making our lives so blessed.
Enjoying a family dinner together.
At the Candy Emporium there were far too many choices for Dayton to decide.
Stuffing their bags full!
Having fun in the candy store?
Having fun in the toy store?
Robbie and the boys read up on the wolves at the Beartooth Nature Center.
This was a very endearing picture. Apparently this cat lives with the deer and as you can see they are very good friends.
Dayton and "Rascal" the raccoon.
The boys having fun by the creek.
Hauling our tree down the mountain. Robbie did not let us search for the perfect tree too long as he did not want to haul it out of the woods too far.
Dayton snapped this photo on our way back to our car.
Loading our treasure. Robbie does a fine job tying our tree on. We haven't lost one yet!
Our tree was so prickly it was almost impossible to put lights on it. We all had to wear our winter clothes just to decorate it. We are defintely polish!!!!
3 comments:
Wow! What an awesome weekend! Looks like a ton of fun! I wish we could be there with you! Maybe one of these days...
I really hope one of these years all of the 'Jonckowski's' can get together for a holiday . . . how great would that be?!?! Looks like a lot of fun at the Smith house!!
Hi Smith Kids! I love your blog-- very creative! The pictures are all awesome!
This will be great to keep in touch for the upcoming months. (Julie, are you on Facebook? If so, look me up.)
Happy 2009!
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