O Christmas Tree!

Last weekend we went to cut our tree down! It was very exciting mostly because we had no clue what we were doing. On the way there we took our Christmas card photo AND got John's truck stuck in the snow. It was not a dull trip! How did we get the truck out you may ask? Well, obviously you have one person steer, one person push and one pregnant woman sit in the back of the truck for extra weight. Anyways, crisis adverted and we moved to the tree phase.

Here's Mickey off to cut the tree down.

And here they are hauling it back! I realize I don't have pictures of them sawing the trees but I left the camera in the car and going back to get it involved another trek through deep snow so I passed.

The trees in the truck. (Notice the truck is not stuck in the snow...kudos to us!)

And here I am standing in the snow! It's pretty deep! Winter coats + pregnancy really do nothing good for a woman.

Driving back in we stopped to see some wildlife. We only spotted this guy because another truck was stopped and looking at him.

And here are the local deer that hang around Lake Street in town. The male was resting while his flock of women surrounded him.

Then we brought the tree inside, and that was the end of our escapade! Until we set it up and decorated it, but maybe I will show that in another post!

PS I feel its important to note that everytime I say "we" in regards to something involving the tree, I mean Mickey and John. Because I did nothing but stand there!

Winter

Here's a picture of the morning temperature in Bondurant, a town about a hour from us. -20!!!!!!!! I'll be staying inside today :)

p.s. For all who may be concerned and rethinking their planned trip (Michelle), it was only -8 in Pinedale this AM and the high today is 25.

Nature Calls

Last night as we came home we noticed there was a deer on our porch! That was pretty neat. Then this morning we saw she left us a little present.....

Here's the tracks she made through our yard after fleeing the scene.

We now own a Christmas tree permit! Stay tuned because we (and by we I mean Mickey) are going to cut down our own tree this weekend. This sucker only cost 10 dollars. Cheapest Christmas tree ever! 

Wildlife

We had one early snow at the beginning of October which drove all the geese down from the mountain (or Canada, who knows) and into our front yard. Okay, not literally our front yard, but we live across from the golf course and they made the golf course their new home. Let me tell you, those things honk ALOT!! Here's two of the pictures I got of them.

Those pictures don't even begin to capture how many of them there really are. You can tell in both pictures that they are walking away from me...geese are pretty skittish (and did I mention loud!!)

Recently, we have had more snow and I think the geese finally realized Pinedale is not south enough for them because they have left. Maybe they are heading to Texas?!

More snow and colder temperatures means more animals are coming down out of the mountains and into our town! Last week I was leaving the house around 5pm to go to the library and was startled to see 16 deer staring at me from across the street. Of course I had to run and get the camera.

I love the little one playing peek a boo on the left side of this picture.

I thought they were all does but on the way back from the library I spotted this guy!

Beautiful Views

Check out the views we get to wake up to every morning! These are taken from our kitchen window.

Things You Don't Have to Do in Texas!

We had a fair amount of snow on Friday night/Saturday so today it was time to shovel the sidewalk. Thankfully my husband is from Michigan and is no stranger to shoveling!
Action shot! (and yes, he is shoveling in cowboy boots!)

Posed shot. Please pretend with me that his eyes are not closed in this picture.

We also decided Saturday morning would be a good time to play in the snow since it was the weekend and the snow was fresh. Well, first of all, it was still snowing when we went outside and since the snow here is really dry the wind was picking it up and blowing it all in my face. I decided it would be best to go outside like this. (Sorry for the blurriness, I took this on my phone)

And yes I really did wear that outside. Its freezing, people! We tried to build a snowman but the snow was too dry to pack together so it was a major fail.  Then Mickey and John decided to try sledding down this small hill behind our houses. Although it is not recommended for pregnant ladies to go sledding we decided it would be okay for me to try once since it was such a small hill. I was pretty nervous because my first ever sledding experience in Michigan hurt really bad and was NOT fun at all. I'm happy to report that I did not fall on that tiny hill and the baby is fine BUT my pinky finger is not. It got smashed between a rock and the sled on the way down and now looks like this. Hopefully we don't have to amputate!

Welcome to winter!

25 weeks

Here is a picture of me looking pretty pregnant in Houston last weekend.

Now, I was under the impression that I only looked this pregnant in Houston and figured it was because of the heat, or the humidity, or the fact that I ate a whole bowl of Lupe Tortilla queso. I believed this so much that I wore that same dress to church today so that I could take a picture in it and write a blog post about how I look less pregnant in Wyoming and my bump is disappearing and yada yada yada. But then I had Mickey take a picture and I look exactly the same.

Oh well! 15 more weeks until we get to meet this little guy!