it's the most wonderful time of the year

In years past we have traveled to the mountains and searched for the perfect tree. The last two 3 years we have settled for the artificial pre-lit one that we have in our storage, not quite the same.
So this we resurrected our old tradition and went with our friends to Red Lodge to cut down the perfect tree.
We played in the snow


Not everyone dressed for the occassion.
We spent time fixing the contacts

some trees we cut didn't quite fit on their ride

We did make it home, decorated our tree,
we're excited to enjoy the holiday season

Twenty One

I remember celebrating my 21st birthday on the Oregon Coast. Bruce and I weathered the icy roads and stormy blizzard to enjoy a few days at the Coast. We were celebrating our first month of marriage and our new life together. Bruce had just finished another semester @ BYU and we were on Christmas break. It was just the two of us exploring the coast with no cares in the world. Fast forward 21 years
we've:

graduated from college
lived in two states
2 apartments
4 homes
had four kids in two years
spent all day feeding kids and changing diapers
lived on 3 hours of sleep many nights
never had a minute to ourselves
have 4 teenagers
had 3 in braces...the 4th in Jan.
go to bed hours before the kids do
have all day to myself (very quiet)
spend many weekends waiting up for the kiddos
have 3 drivers in the family
soon we'll have 6
we'll have a son graduate from High School next year
worry about how we will pay for 4 kids in college
we'll be empty nesters @ 45 & 47
Man! has the last twenty-one years flown by.

Happy Anniversary my Love.