Sunday, January 1, 2012

Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas from our neck of the woods. Another fun one has come and gone and once again, we have great memories of it. Here we have our family goofball giving us a visit from the famous old guy......



megan is pretty in her new flower hair clip.....




what did ya get nelly?......



what is it meg?.....



megan tries out her new binos.....



happy faces all around.....



a new barbie and horse!.....



andrew was shocked to open his deer rifle, a .243........



the glowing lights.....


Monday, the day after Christmas, we loaded up the boat for our annual "After Christmas Camping Trip" and headed out to Allan Point Cabin. We were there Monday-Friday and had a wonderful time enjoying each other's company, playing in the snow, and hunting.


nelly cuddles with chili and soda......




meg and uncle kris make us breakfast......




one morning, as it is quiet and everyone is just starting to wake up, out of the dark we hear a whispered voice saying, "Megan, smell my stinky socks!" yep, that would be a brother.....


megan, andrew, lou and lindsay waiting for breakfast......




nelly, chili and soda playing in the snow.....


one morning we woke up and the bay was frozen over and we had to wait for it to thaw before we could go out to get the boat.........


the view from our cabin window......


does this tree have an eye?.....


there's always a rope swing......


the cabin......


ice on the beach.....


view from the upstairs balcony.....


the bay.....


a beautiful evening boat ride.....


loading onto the boat for a day of hunting.....


troy is ready to go....



there's always time for tidepooling.....



heading out to hunt.....


get on the boat andrew.....


dad and son......


heading out for andrew's first hunt with his gun.....


no deer, so let's shoot a target......


a happy boy......


a boat full of eager hunters......


soda needed a warm place to land.....


sneaking up on a deer.....


kris takes aim, lou keeps watch.....


did they get it?.....


a perfect shot.....


the first deer of the week.....


the results of the hunt....


the deer hang......


troy enjoyed using his AR-15 to get his deer.....


victory!.....


time to get it all home now.....


a few funny looking deer.....


the happy hunters and their spoils (and for you dirty minds, no, those two deer are not posed that way on purpose. they just happen to be sharing a game hanger)......


Once again, a fun time was had by all. We look forward now to next year's trip!

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