Author: Jen

We went to Pioneer Village for their Candlelight Christmas with Nick’s family. We wandered around the little village, saw a live nativity, real reindeer and Jonah got to sit on an old style Santa’s lap.

Sending everyone good wishes from here in Utah! We were going to put one of these pictures on a Christmas card but it simply didn’t happen. So here ya go.

It has been VERY cold here in Moscow for the past week. Resulting in a several inches thick ice on the pond. You know you’re from the country when it gets cold and you drive the four wheeler out onto the pond! Oh Idaho…in some ways I suppose I’ve missed it.

So this year for Christmas, all I really want is my two front teeth. Seriously. I am having my fake teeth replaced because they are stained and people tell me I have stuff between my teeth all the time, and I don’t.
BUT apparently I’m not the only one that asked Santa for teeth…today my Mom noticed that Jonah has the beginnings of a tooth, bottom front right. You can’t actually see the tooth yet but there is a hole where it will soon appear…AAAAAAAH!

Thankful for Nick helping with Jonah and that Jonah was only sick for one day

Thankful for snuggling to keep warm

Thankful for crazy brothers


Thankful Nick could be home for Thanksgiving

Thankful Zoey got fixed for cheap…and thankful for her new home at Nicole’s house

Thankful for the funny faces Jonah makes when eating green peas

While at Pompey’s Pillar, some other visitors there set off the alarm by climbing over the fence with signs on it saying there was an alarm….I guess he didn’t believe it! Good thing the visitor’s center wasn’t open!

Thursday morning we got up and ate at the Cracker Barrel then drove out to Pompey’s pillar, 30 miles East of Billings. William Clark wrote his name in the rock of Pompey’s pillar. It is the only physical evidence of their journey. A few years ago when they had the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark they built a huge visitor’s center for Pompey’s pillar but apparently it’s only open in the summer. So we had to walk aways to get into the pillar cuz the gate was closed. It was cold and rainy but it still felt good to walk after all this car riding.


Then we headed off on the home stretch. The roads were pretty bad around Butte, there was a lot of snow and cars off the road here and there. It was especially scary when a car would pass us and the slush would splash up on us so that we couldn’t see for awhile….scary!

Right before lookout pass and the Idaho border we stopped at the 50,000 silver dollar bar. As the name implies they have 50,000 silver dollars all over the walls of the bar. It was kinda neat. People donate a dollar and get to put their name and date under it.

We rolled into Moscow Idaho at about 10 pm. It feels so strange to be here. Thank you Dad for a wonderful road trip and for helping get across the country with a baby and a dog!