Present Time!

"Mommy, daddy is it Christmas today ? Yipee(as he runs to the livingroom and graps a present to start unwrapping).' I wish Christmas could be everyday '  says a little boy."

Christmas Eve

The boys warming up after sledding today. It was a balmy 10 degrees out so the hot water was just the ticket ! I thought these were so pretty with all the snow on the trees and the warm steam from the water. Just so you know the water temp was 103 degrees so my little man didn't freeze.

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 Introducing Present number one....Smoky the horse. Because we are suckers as parents we let Kadence open one present on Christmas Eve after we got home from church tonight. This fabulous horse is a present from Grandpa & Grandma Petersen. You can see we had a very excited little boy. Who had a very hard time going to sleep tonight after this wonderful present.

 (Note he is still wearing his cute little Christmas sweater Jennifer.)

Christmas Snipets...

Just a few glimpses of early Christmas at our house. I am fascinated by ornaments and how beautiful they look on a tree with the lights shining. Kadence was singing so cute tonight that I just had to record him so you could all listen to the most creative medley of songs.

Christmas Sunday School Play

This Christmas I arranged a small play for the kids I teach in Sunday School. My own "little man" being one of them. It was titled 'The Littlest Christmas Tree' and the kids really had alot of fun being in the play as little forest animals. We had several funny bloops but I think the message was still delivered ,amid the chaos, about the true meaning of Christmas.
 If you listen towards the beginning Kadence's pine cone breaks and he starts crying about it...of course that happened to him, poor guy! He also didn't stand still very well so have fun keeping track of him. :) Enjoy

Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus... (or at least the guy dressed up in red at Manhattan)

Proof that Kadence attended the Manhattan Christmas Stroll and sat with a guy with a white beard!

Elk Country Montana

A beautiful drive today allowed for a sighting of a very large herd of Elk that were bedded down not far from the road. I was able to capture a few distant shots although they don't do justice for how beautiful they actually looked.  After a very productive hunting season it was really nice to be able to just sit and watch these majestic animals. I had a very frustrated little boy with me who couldn't understand why mommy wasn't getting out her gun to shoot. So frustrated in fact that he spooked the herd to stand up and  move around !

Sometimes it is admiring the simple and calm things in life that make for the best times.

Shutterfly Cards

   For the past four years our family has used www.shutterfly.com to produce fun family photo cards. I have used basic portraits to pictures of us during hunting season with our "trophies".  The cards have always been easy to design and very professional in appearance. I love how I don't have to print seperate pictures to mail to relatives in addition to mailing out cards with photos.  I had my best experience with Shutterfly when I was in Asia visiting my parents and was able to take photos upload them and then send cards to Joel. Shutterfly actually mailed them for me so I didn't have to pay international shipping.
  During the Christmas season I especially enjoy picking out and designing my cards from all the festive designs. It seems like every year they always have a fun new selection to choose from so I am never having to use the same design.
 The following links will take you to the two products that I use the most. Please consider trying out their photo service this holiday season.

·         holiday cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards

·         greeting cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/5x7-folded-greeting-cards

·         photo albums to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books/simple-path

Happy photo creating!

Deer Hunting Family Adventure

 The 1st kill...

 cleaning out the deer with a wonderful little helper...

hiking to find mommy's deer...

 Found the 2nd kill...

(Whew mom and dad I am one tuckered out little boy. )It was a great family day together and Kadence 1st deer hunting adventure.

Fall Leaves Fun

I finally got myself out this weekend and snapped some canded shots of Kadence and his buddy Tristin playing with leaves. They were finding good leaves and then painting them different colors. Sounds basic but they both loved it and it became quite the adventure to find the best leaf. 

The following slide show is those same pics and a few others I thought it would be fun to experiment around with some music to pictures. I posted a few of my fav still shots above that I took. Enjoy!

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