And a Happy New Year!

The week between Christmas and New Years always seems to go by so quickly. We had some great "stay-home-and-play" days. We also got out of the house a few times to do some fun things.

First up - another trip to Thanksgiving Point for story time. This week's story was "The Wonky Donkey" - it was good. We even got to meet Banjo, the donkey at the Farm.And of course we stopped for a pony ride. Second trip - out to the desert to do some hiking and shooting with dad, Uncle Noley, and Grandpa L. Our shooting pond was a little iced over but it was fun to shoot the ice up.

It was a great day!And there's nothing like have a yummy lunch in the back of the truck - out of the wind. Why does food taste so good when you're in the outdoors?
And, of course, we spent some quality time outside riding our bikes and the scooter.
Finally, along came New Year's Eve. We had a nice, quiet evening at our house - mom made her annual Fondue dinner.
And then we had chocolate fondue for dessert. We played games and drank sparkling cider and counted down to the new year (which occurred at exactly 9:10 p.m. at our house). Here's to a great new year.
Sam Alert: Hey everybody - 2011 was great to me and I'm looking forward to 2012. I have three pictures to share this week - - -

1. Me scooting around on my scooter. 2. Me loading the gun out in the desert. Have I mentioned before how much I enjoy being outside?

And me on New Year's Eve - Happy New Year!