Fun in the Valley - and other Random Cabin Pics

Grandpa's horse....

 Feeding Grandpa's horses....

 Snowball fights with Grandpa - I love all of these so much I can't pick my favorites....I love my beautiful handsome joyful boy.....

Bubble fun in the big jetted tub at the cabin....

Caelan was so happy to find Grandpa Roger's chair at the cabin - she ran right to it and sat down and looked completely at home.....it has found a good home there right by the wood stove.  

Caelan with Nana the morning that we left....

Look at this snow on the roof - we were amazed at how it was hanging there.....

 Some cool icicles....

Fun at the cabin....

While Nana and I were preparing dinner one night, the kids discovered that there were a couple of really good cabinets at the cabin - perfect for playing in.  You might be wondering why Caelan is wearing Brennan's underpants.....I was folding laundry and she was "helping" me and she stole these underpants (so rest assured they are clean) and sat down and struggled to get them on, so I decided to just let her wear them.  She thought she was pretty "hot stuff" - Yes, these will be shown to her future boyfriends someday. 

Nana and Grandpa are AMAZING at playing with their grandkids.  Nana spends HOURS with Brennan at the cabin playing whatever he wants to do - beach volleyball upstairs, legos, and even Transformer battles.  Grandpa is notorious for trying to eat Brennan's "bologna belly", or his neck, or his ribs - which means non-stop tickling.  This year Caelan got in on the action in trying to defend her brother.....

Had to take some cabin pictures with my new camera......we go there all the time but sometimes forget to take pictures of the "place."  

Let the Sledding Fun begin

Brennan was had fun jumping on the sled with cousin Debbi's oldest son Garrett.......here he is saying "again, again...."

We clearly have a daredevil of a daughter - at 14mo. she LOVED sledding.  She would absolutely squeal with delight and anticipation every time she was put on the sled and Sean started "loading up."  I really LOVE the pictures I got of both of their smiles.....

Montana Bonfire January 2012

On Saturday, we had a bonfire up at the cabin with Sean's family - Aunt Pat supplied the food - hotdogs, pasta salad, chips, hot chocolate, smores, etc.....it was a great time!

Just some great shots of my handsome boy....

A queen on her throne...

 Brennan had a great time throwing snowballs at Fred, Sean's cousin Debbi's friend. 

 Grandpa Jack thought we needed more wood for the bonfire - so he decided to cut down a tree.....

 Note in the background of the picture below that Jack has thrown Debbi in the snowbank.....I don't remember what brought that on, and I actually didn't capture it on film on purpose......but I got it - and Jack looks like he is trying to run from the crime scene. 

 Sean had to work the backhoe to clear out some snow since the snow plow was out of commission. 

 Thumbs up for hotdogs.

 Riding on the 4-wheeler.  Don't worry, cousin Dennis had a tight hold of Caelan and they were going slow. 

Eating....

A few collages of playing in the snow in MT.....

Riding on the snowmobile with Papa....

 Having fun with Nana and Brother coloring.  We all think it is pretty amazing how good she is at holding her crayon.  She is very particular about holding it that way - pretty good for a 14mo. old!

 LOVE this smile....

Heading to MT

We were scheduled to drive to MT on the 18th of January, Wednesday - but we got hit with snow on Sunday/Monday/Tuesday, and got word that an even bigger storm was scheduled to hit on Wednesday......

So, we packed up the kids, and waited for the Pass to open at 2:30pm on Tuesday, and headed to our hotel in Cuoer D'Alene, ID (sp?).  When we got to MT, it snowed pretty much non-stop - but this is what we saw on our car on Thursday morning.  

 Random goofy picture of a crabby Brennan below....

 Cute random profile picture of C sitting in the window of the cabin reading books. 

 Below a cute picture of Sean and Caelan in the cab of the Snow Plow.....what is funny is that this was pretty much for the picture.  Then Sean handed her off to me - and it is a good thing he did.  At the end of the road the Snow Plow broke down and Sean and his Dad had to walk back up the hill quite a ways to the cabin. 

 My favorite picture of Brennan and Nana's snowball fight....

 Looking back at the cabin with our car in the foreground.