21 inches of snow fell yesterday and last night. It was beautiful here for Christmas Day. Lots of work for Lance and Jim to shovel and plow. It made for great sledding and snow -cave building.

Christmas with "the boys" has been noisy and fun! They got to open presents on Christmas Eve and then Santa came last night for more fun today! Santa brought Amelia her very own pair of camo binoculars for more outdoor fun.....

Reid's not too sure about this sledding thing but everyone else is having fun.....This is right in front of grandma's house...the hill slides down into the field that is usually hay in the summer..... We have had lots of snow but it's nice and warm (compared to AK temps). I've been dying to ski and a relative of Lance's is bringing some over for me today!!!!! I'm not as homesick anymore....

I will spare you the graphic images of the calf "actually" being born but this is twins(one is wrapped in a wool blanket). Two days after we got here to Idaho...Amelia's cousin Austin's cow had twins and Amelia and Lance were there to watch the second one fall.....Lance was cleaning the first calf with straw and warming it with a blanket....(it's cold here...about 15 degrees that day), when they saw more feet coming out of the momma cow....Amelia said, "I knew babies were in momma's bellies, but I didn't know they came out of their butts.....!!!) Always a lesson to be learned.....

This is a picture that I'm very proud of....The one on the left is me when I was 5 yrs. old....Amelia, on the right, is wearing the very same costume that I had on 30 years ago.....

We had an early Christmas in SC before we left....Amelia and her Papa had been playing his many guitars and so he gave her her very own for Christmas....A real guitar!!! She might be ready for lessons soon......Her and Reid got to ride a little train and visit with Santa too....