Our holiday card, propped against our deck window facing ski mountain.

- 3 degrees this morning.  Too cold to ski.  Stayed in and baked cookies with Morgan.  No two alike!

Friends

Two little girls, two little hands.

Moose returns

I cannot take credit for these photos.  These were taken by my 7 year old daughter Morgan!  She was playing in her room after school and shocked to see this moose outside her window.  Did she scream?  No.  Did she cry?  No.  She did what her mommy would do - She grabbed her camera!  Way to go Morgan.

The lettuce is up!

We took a walk down to the garden.

The lettuce is up!

Oh dear, the sprinklers came on.

Run Patches!  Run Morgan!

Time to explore the barn.

Morgan likes to pretend she is doing

"farm chores" in the barn.

All clean!

Morgan checks out the garden

I am checking out Morgan from my kitchen

window, as she checks out my garden.

I call out "Morgan!  Is the lettuce up?"

She looks like a tiny dot down there.

She calls back "No.  Why did you plant lettuce?"

Good Morning

I drank my morning coffee and watched this little

guy for the longest time.  I even

asked him to hang around while I got

my camera.  He sang the sweetest songs.

My first garden!

I always wanted a vegetable garden.  We moved to Sun Valley, Idaho two years ago.  Everyone said "short growing season"   "good luck with that"   "you can't grow a thing here"  Everyone was so negative, until  Evergreen Landscaping came to help me.  Jessica was even more enthusiastic than I was.  So sweet!  and Jay came and worked his magic, even thought it was his birthday and he had a broken foot.  We chose a spot in the corral and they brought crew, trucks, rototillers, all the tools to make my little dream a reality.

Here is a little portion of the corral.

Jessica said "good soil".  

I trusted.

Here come the crew!  Rototillers!

Dig!  Move!  Mix!

Here's Jay, broken foot, he seems to love doing this.

My finished little patch of future veggies.  

I'm going to prove them all wrong.  

I'm going to grow!

one window. one day.

What a difference a few hours makes!

We have snow!

LOTS of snow!  I love it!

Elk in the yard

Here they come!

I do believe this one is mocking me.

They are all headed for the barn.

John thinks they smell they hay.

Leaving, after filling their tummies with

scrubby bushes and hay.

We told Morgan they are reindeer.

Morgan the Mountain Climber

Snow Day!

Here comes the snow!

Getting out the skis, snowshoes, snow pants, coats, mittens, hats, earmuffs, hot chocolate, marshmallows, firewood, sleds, boots ... Severe Winter Storm Warning in effect.
	Today Snow. Snow accumulation of 10 to 12 inches. Highs 24 to 31. Wind chill readings 7 below to 17 below zero.
	Tonight Snow. Not as cold. Snow accumulation around 4 inches. Lows 17 to 24.
	Sunday Snow. Snow accumulation of 8 to 10 inches. Highs 27 to 34.

New Moose!

Wait a minute!  That's not him!  No antlers!

Is this a new moose?  A moose mate?

Does this mean baby moose are on the way?

More moose

For those of you who have asked, yes we do still have the moose.

We came back from 2 weeks vacation to find him napping
below the bird house.  I think he grew!

Sledding fun with . . . Patches?

Yes!  Our cat likes the snow!

Snow is coming!

Check out this forecast!  Snow baby!

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 6 PM this evening to 11 PM MST Friday...
	Tonight Cloudy with snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Lows 22 to 29.
	Friday Widespread snow showers. Snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches. Highs 31 to 38.
	Friday Night Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers in the evening...then isolated snow showers after midnight. Colder. Lows 15 to 25.
	Saturday Cloudy with snow. Highs 30 to 37.
	Saturday Night Widespread snow showers. Significant accumulations possible. Lows 19 to 29.

vacation in Hawaii

Flowers!  Gorgeous!