This blog is for our trips back home to the U.S.
We had a nice Christmas and New Years visit for 2012-2013 to California, Montana and Idaho Falls.
In Montana we visited my Mom and Dad and brother Bill. We where only there for one week, wish it could have been longer. It is always fun to be there in Whitefish. The cabin my Mom and Dad live in was built by them around 1981? My son John was also up there with us. John was there for 2 weeks. My Dad always has equipment for visitors to go skiing in the winter or in the summer there are boats, bikes, and other such wonderful fun things. We went out into the back yard (10 acres) to cut down the Christmas tree. The house is heated with a wood stove with wood cut by my Dad from his own land. There are deer, turkeys, a rooster, and other animals occasionally for viewing and entertainment. We are warm and welcome and it is a nice quiet place to spend quality time with family.
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| Cross country skiing on the soccer field |
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| My brother Bill with a Christmas gift sweater |
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| In the front yard |
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| Mom & Dad - Christmas dinner |
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| Visiting social after church service |
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| At the church |
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| German cookies from Trader Joes |
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| This is on Blanchard Lake. It is frozen. It is a short walk from the house. |
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| Blanchard Lake |
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| John on Blanchard Lake |
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| On Blanchard Lake |
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| John tried out snow boarding for the first time. |
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| A chocolate ball bearing set from Germany |
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| Mom in the shopping mall |
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| outside the sliding glass door is the Nature channel |
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| John and Christmas sweater from Italy |
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| The search for the tree |
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| drag it to the house |
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| Ted the rooster |
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| Dad with his Christmas candy on his walker |
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| A new reading lamp |
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| Pretty good still at 89 years old |
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| Read and relax |
These pictures are so great! John goofing off at the lake... Is that rooster in the garage??
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see the whitefish family...wish I'd been there.