Thanksgiving 2010 - Jackson, WY.

Before Andi, our annual Thanksgiving tradition was to go camping together. Goal was always one of the national parks in the region. Since camping in zero degree weather with a toddler doesn't really spell out "fun" to me, but we still wanted to have a little adventure get-away as a family, we decided to go with a cabin in Jackson, WY. Still close to a National Park :)
We had a lot of fun walking through town, we went swimming in the pool, played in the snow in Grand Teton National Park, got to see a lot of animals (lots of elk, deer, moose, a couple of buffalo, foxes, bald eagles, and even two wolves, which was a total treat!), went up in the gondola of Jackson Hole ski resort, and did what every other American does during Thanksgiving break: be lazy and eat :).

The antler arches in Jackson square:

Our Cabin:

The traditional shot by the National Park entrance sign:

Ben is demonstrating where the Tetons got their name:

Gorgeous views:

The fam playing in the snow:

Tetons by sunset:

Andi enjoying the gondola:

Ben and Andi in the gondola:

Andi practising her snowboard-pose ... she's a natural!

Lots of snow to play in!

:)

Walking in the snow.

First big snow!

A perfect wintery day yesterday, with the first big snow of the season. Also the first time really for Andi to get to go out and play in it! Last year she was only crawling, so she didn t get to enjoy much of the snow then (though she ate a lot of it then....I would put it in a bowl for her to play with inside). We bundled up and went out on the deck to play:


Snowflakes in my face :)


It's hard to walk in that stuff!


Making snowballs with mom and throwing them for Sage to go after.

Halloween

For Halloween this year I decided to make Andi a Dutch Milk Maid outfit! She already had the clogs, so it was only the logical decision :)
I googeled some images for inspiration, went to walmart for the fabric, started cutting and sewing, and this is the end result:

The basket is lined with paper that has milk bottles drawn on it. One side of the "label" says "MILK", while the other side says "50% DUTCH" :)

Our little milk maid

With chocolate in her mouth...had to bribe her for the pictures.

Ohhh, more candies!

We had a fun time trick or treating at the clinic with a bunch of friends!

Look at all the candies I got!

After that we went trick or treating at the UW Union, but we didn t last long there...too busy.