65 images ![]() 2. The one-horse-open-sleigh was festive and ready for service. ![]() 3. The Reverend Sam Kirk (right) led the service ![]() 4. Afterwards, we celebrated Joan's birthday with dinner at Emmy & Michael's cabin ![]() 4a. Dab demo ![]() 5. Thalia & Matilda show the table they set, with name tags and poppers ![]() 6. Matilda shows how she can cross her eyes ![]() 7. Warmup for our Christmas picture ![]() 8. Christmas morning dawned with deep powder, still falling ![]() 9. Dan made the sled run (Zippy, right, supervised) ![]() 10. Clara ![]() 11. Zippy ![]() 13. Michael & Thalia play "Park & Shop" (from the 1950s) while Matilda works on a schmuzzle puzzle ![]() 14. ![]() 16. tranquil cabin scene ![]() 17. Emmy, Jen, & Bill off for a ski. Dan joined us on the trail ![]() 18. Jen spotted bear claw marks on this aspen tree - they went high up ![]() ![]() 20. ![]() ![]() 22. Jen & Dan ![]() 23. ![]() 24. Emmy & Matilda reading ![]() 26. Matilda & Michael ![]() 28. Our grandchildren. Those are real candles on the tree, a 40+ year tradition. ![]() 29. ![]() 30. ![]() 31. December 26, "Boxing Day," featured a brunch for twenty of Joan's extended family. ![]() 33. ![]() 34. Jeanmi and son Aiden ![]() 35. Clara & Thalia ![]() 36. Clara, Linnea Nordlof, Thalia ![]() 37a. Sledding videos (2 minutes) 37. Dan and Tom Whitmore ![]() 38. ![]() 39. ![]() 40. L to R: Mary & Tom Whitmore, Joan, Robert & Sharon Swartz and two of thier daughters, Teri and Anna. ![]() 41. Anna, Emmy with Matilda, Robert (Mary standing), Sharon, Debbie and Ben Whitmore, Michael, Teri and little Aiden ![]() 43. Anna, Thalia, Emmy & Matilda, Mary, Robert & Sharon, Aiden in front ![]() 46. ![]() 47. ![]() 48. Thalia, Matilda, Emmy ![]() 49. Anna and Aiden ![]() ![]() 52. Mary and Tom Whitmore ![]() 53. ![]() 54. ![]() 55. Emmy & Michael's cabin at sunset ![]() 56. Sunset on the Williams Fork Mountains ![]() 57. December 26 (continued): Afternoon horse feeding. Here are Matilda, Emmy, Michael, and Thalia at the horse barn. Matilda read the instructions ![]() ![]() 59. In the tack room ![]() 60. Tock, Fox, and Charlie say hi. ![]() 61. ![]() 62. Thalia and Tock ![]() 63. Emmy mucking out the loafing shed ![]() 64. ![]() ![]() |