Winter has come and gone-part 1

I know it's been an awful long time since I took time to do a post but, man, we have had a very busy winter. Will start off with Brent coming home for Christmas, which was the first time in many moons. He was here for a few weeks and then the crystal blue waters called him back to St. Thomas so he could be a boat captain again.

The boys came over several times to visit, swim and stay overnight in Buzz. Here's a couple great pics of them.

pig pile

One of the projects for this season was to replace that God forsaken TV in Buzz. It was some off brand and gave JB fits! He finally found the deal he was looking for. Now we have a total of 3 new TV's!

Here's the new 40" Toshiba!

One of our recreational activities continues to be getting out in the desert with the quad--we only have one of the two here in the park.

A weird looking cactus with no center.

Friends Gary and Roberta

We brought the boys up to the cabin before Christmas to play in the snow. One of our indoor activities was to make a gingerbread village. We managed to get it all the way back to their home for them to proudly display but guess what dumb dog decided she had to have a few mouthfuls? GRRRR!

Gingerbread masterpiece

Sledding in the back yard

Look how deep that snow was

Dev is practicing his 4 fingers since his birthday is near.

It's always an adventure going out to eat.

This was taken on Thanksgiving Day and was our Christmas card picture for 2011. It wasn't my idea to have Tony also pose......

And all of a sudden it was Christmas.

We usually have to drive around the neighborhood to look at the lights on Christmas Eve. This is a garage that is completely filled with electric trains, villages, animated characters etc. Very cool.

Three happy little boys

One of my favorite pictures.

Could Logan's smile be any bigger?

Logan trying to pull that string back on his new bow.

The cat wanted to get into the action too.
Dil got a real metal detector but I didn't get any pictures of that.

We went up to the cabin for a few days of Christmas break. The guys had to check out the treehouse but Dev forgot how to climb down by himself.

Busy relaxing with Mario cart.

Sometime in December we both got new iPhones so all these pics were taken with that gadget. What alot to learn but it is absolutely amazing what it will do. Everyone should have one!

Stay tuned for part 2.