Christmas in Wyoming

Morgan was so excited to test out her new saddle and go riding with Papa.
Morgan and Sundance


To say that Taylor loves Dolly is a huge understatement. She didn't want anything to do with Sundance or Chester.

Morgan helped Papa and Jere plow snow. She was very proud of her pile at the feed store.

Spoiled, Spoiled, Spoiled...........

Christmas 2008

When we came home from Church today, we had a great suprise. Santa came early to Morgan and Taylor. He must of known that we are going to be traveling for Christmas and have little extra space to bring those presents back home. The last picture is the girls with their "Nice Certificates" and letters from Santa.

A Great Wrestling Weekend!

Clint had two brothers on his team, Lukie & Bobby Ray. The first two pictures are of Bobby today at the wrestling tournament we hosted here in Deer Lodge. Bobby won his weight class and was voted by the coaches as the "Most Outstanding Wrestler" of the tourney.

These are pictures of one of our Senior Wrestlers. His name is Luke Ray aka "Lukie." He is such a funny kid - he thinks he is bad to the bone. He is one of the most dedicated kids on the team, and as you can probably tell he is "Special." Lukie finally got a win today, his first since he was in his second year of little guy wrestling (age 6). To top it off, it was a pin in :35 seconds. He said it was perfect, at a home tourny with all of his friends and family there. I have never heard so much cheering in all my life and of course a few tissues were passed around.

Christmas Play

The first grade performed "The Littlest Christmas Tree" this morning. Morgan did a great job. She was the alternate in case someone was sick. She was really torn because she wanted a speaking part but didn't want any of her friends to miss the play. The picture quality is very poor due to the fact we were in a dark gym, sitting on the bleachers.

Oh Christmas Tree.........

After church today we took the girls to find a cute little Christmas tree.

Waiting for Daddy to find the truck.

Tagging the tree.
It was perfect weather and just a little snow to top it all off.

On the way home, Taylor met a new friend. His name is "Black Dolly."

The finished product!

Taylor's 3rd Birthday

We celebrated Taylor's Birthday today, since Grandma & Papa Stevenson and Kami & James are here. The only thing that Taylor wanted for her b-day is a "Dolly" Cake. We also took her fishing and built a Gingerbread House.

Look who we found!

We went Christmas shopping in Missoula yesterday. Morgan and Taylor found these interesting looking characters. Did you know Santa has a mule-deer?

We couldn't resist!

This is absolutely priceless!

Sometimes kids will suprise you....

Morgan overheard Clint and I talking about how one of the clubs at the high school is collecting gently used toys and clothes to give kids for Christmas. Before I knew it, Morgan had a laundry basket in the toy room and was filling it with all the toys that she wanted to give away. Side note: We just went through the toy room about a month ago - so everything left was what they play with regularly and really like. By the time she was done, we had a large garbage bag full of stuffed animals and a large box full of puzzles, books, and all sorts of other stuff. Good job Morgie!

Another Big One

Clint caught this one this afternoon - about 9 pounds. If you look carefully the blue mark on his rod is 20".

Trick or Treat

We went over to our friends house (Dave & Candice Miller) for Pizza and then we got the kids ready and went as a group trick or treating. We had so much fun, we are already making plans to do it again next year. There was also 4 boys there, but we all know boys are stupid - they didn't want their pictures taken.

Halloween Parade 2008

Every year K-2 Grades have a Halloween Parade down main street. Morgan and her friends looked sooo cute.

Clint's latest project..

Clint was tired of our keys falling of their pegs on our old key holder into our garbage. So he came home the other night with this upgrade.

Branch Halloween Party

Our branch had its Halloween Party on Saturday night. We invited some friends to come along. The girls all had TOO much fun.

Big Horn Sheep

Clint went fishing the other day and came across a herd of Big Horn Sheep.

Clint's Birthday Cake

Morgan decided that Clint's birthday cake was a little boring....so she decorated it. He was very IMPRESSED with her work. Morgan took this picture with her camera. Taylor was helping her so it is a little blurry.

Painting Pumpkins

Morgan can't stand the smell when we carve pumpkins - so they decided that painting them would be the way to go. I will post a picture of their completed masterpieces once they dry... in about 3 days :)