Wild Life in our backyard . . .

This is a yellow headed blackbird. I hope you can see it clear enough. They have been flying through the backyard. I believe I saw four on the neighbors roof the other day. This one is in our cherry tree. Yes this is a cherry tree.

This pheasant was strutting through our backyard the other morning.

One morning this week Lon and I were working in the garden and I looked up and two male pheasants were flying directly at me. They saw the abstuction ahead, me, and diverted before! ! It can be dangerous working out side.

Easter weekend with Doug and Teresa . . .

This is Preston at the bottom of the ski run. I think the ski patrol, Doug, Andrew, Preston and of course Noelle made about five runs that day.
This is the ski patrol heading back up for another run.

Winter fun at Winter Park

Andrew the Dot in the middle ! ! !
He is just getting to the fencing . . .

Andrew snowboaarding at Winter Park. Doug said he hit the snow several time but he looks good going down the last part of the slope in front of all of us.

Fox Whisperer ! ! !

Lon, Andrew and I spent Easter weekend with Doug and Teresa and family at Teresa's Dad's place in Evergreen just out of Denver. Sunday morning Andrew was taking things out to the car and out of the corner of his eye he saw something moving. A red fox came within two feet of him. It became nervious and ran off. On his second trip out there it was again. He was able to take Dad's camera out of the bag and take pictures of the fox. I was at the end of the driveway and got the pictures of him and the fox. We are not sure why it was so friendly. Maybe the musk smell of Andrews deorderent and not shower that morning was calling the wild. . .

St. Patricks Day Dinner - - -

After the Dancing everyone went up to Logan for the Corned Beef and Cabbage.

St. Patricks Day Celebration !!

Our St. Patricks Day Celebration started at Salt Lake with Kelsie and Ashlin dancing at the Festival. Ashlin is one of the short ones. Kelsie is the second video in the middle.

girls and their curls

Which is natural and which isn't ?

Little Foot and Rambo

The two horses that pulled the sliegh through the wild animals!

Wild Animals

Not far from Nibley is Hardware Ranch. During the winter months they feed the elk that migrate down from the hills. They say that they have tracked elk from this area as far west as Elko Nevada and also down to Durango Colorado. We were lucky that the snow delayed some of the Elks departure from this ranch. Bryan and Shannon, The boys and Annaliese was able to take the sleigh ride through the herd that was still there. But of course on the way there we saw deer climbing the mountain, a coyote by the stream, alot of animal tracks and of course Lions, Tigers and Bears.

Snow Ball Fight !

Trystan and Taylor talk about the big snowball fight they would have at grandpa and grandma's all the way up from Salt Lake. So here we go !!!

Las Vegas Malcolm's versus Utah snow

Bryan, Shannon, Trystan, Taylor, Owyn, and Annaliesse visited us. We still had aleast a foot of snow left from the big storm. Here is Little Foot (Owyn). He got so excited he took off across the deck. Then couldn't turn around fast enough. It was too cold for him.

A full moon

The moon was just going down behind the snow clouds and Wells mountain early morning just before taking Andrew to early morning seminary.

We got 20 inches of snow the 9 th of March. Hyrum which is just south of us had 24 inches out of this storm. Lon was in Colorado for 2 weeks. I pulled out the beast and snow blowed the driveway early morning and by the time Andrew was home from school he shoveled the driveway and sidewalks. He didn't use the beast because he needed exercise? ? ?

Is SPRING ever going to com?

It Has been snowing and snowing we all have been waiting for SPRING.