Christmas in Wyoming Continued

Greg and I sure had a good time with the Teicherts in Wyoming. Some things we did which are not pictured here, are that we took a trip a few days after Christmas to Provo to have a little reunion with all of Greg's siblings, which was really good. A day or so after that, we drove to Cokeville to visit Greg's grandmother, a charming and delightful 92 year old lady who always makes one feel at home.  Greg and I also enjoyed playing Wii games various Teichert family members - and we found that Greg is really good at the ski jump on Wii fit, and has some great coordination when it comes to dancing too :) Greg and I had a great time pickling eggs with E and J Barbuto - that's right - pickling eggs! We are excited to try them in egg salad sandwiches and such :)

Now, on to the things we have pictures for!
Christmas morning, we woke to find that Santa Claus found us in Wyoming! We enjoyed using homemade stockings (Greg crocheted these moccasins when he was a teenager)

Here we are on Christmas morning - in the Teichert family, they have breakfast before opening stockings, and their breakfast tradition is cheese toast and orange juice (because it is the quickest thing to make and eat!), so that is what we had.

This is our third Christmas together!

This is one of the several gifts we received from my family - what a treat that was to have that connection to the Cummings in Virginia! We love the things we received for our little "Thaddeus Archibald."

Greg looked quite happy after we finished opening presents - we were blessed with a great Christmas! Note the apron that Greg is sporting - Greg's sister in law made it for us - the reverse is very feminine, and this side is just right for Greg!

For Christmas day dinner, the Teicherts thought it would be fun to try a Shepherd's meal, similar to something my family does each year around Christmastime. For the meal, we had lamb, flat bread with olive oil for dipping, cucumbers, almonds, raisins, cheese, craisins, pomegranate, and grape juice. We read the Christmas story while we ate, and it was really special to enjoy this simple meal together in this way.

A few days later, we went into the hills again.

Here is a close up of the fort we mentioned finding last time:

Here is a shot of the rabbit stew that J Barbuto so skillfully made from scratch - it was delicious! Don't tell my little sister!

A few days later, we went to the sand dunes to get some sledding in - it was very windy and biting cold, so we only stayed a short time, but we had a great time while we were there. It sure is beautiful in Wyoming!

This is a shot of K, Greg's brother, jumping off of the sand dunes - he got some serious altitude!

Here is Greg sandboarding :)

The hardest part of sledding - especially on sand dunes - is making it up the hill, right? With the wind blowing, sand came with it, so it was necessary to use a shield to get up the hill in the face of the wind.

I really like this picture of Greg and K - they had a good time jumping - and lots of sand pouring out of their shoes and shirts and coats after they were through!

All in all, it was a wild, wonderful time in Wyoming :) We sure love our family!

Christmas in Wyoming

Greg and I spent Christmas in Wyoming with the Teicherts this year, and had some really fun adventures! Here are a few snapshots of what we all did on Christmas eve day:

We all went offroading/hiking/rabbit hunting in the hills outside of Rock Springs on Christmas Eve day, and had a great time. Look at all that snow! It was pretty cold and windy that day, so we were all bundled up. We had a great time!

The Wyoming hills are really quite pretty in their own way - we all enjoyed hiking among the rocks.

E and J (Greg's sister and brother in law) got their very first rabbit! They have been rabbit hunting before, but had not yet shot one. With E as spotter, and each of us trying to follow rabbit tracks, J succeeded in getting off a clean shot and getting himself his first rabbit! He then skinned it and took out its entrails there on the hill (we didn't take pictures of that though).

We found some fort-like places among the hills as we hiked - the one below looks like a good summer hideout, but I don't think I would want to be there in the wintertime!

Greg and I in the wild Wyoming hills

After J got his rabbit, we all did target practice with his shotgun - do I look fearsome? (I don't think I do - the only way I think I could seem fearsome here is if you were on the opposite hill and knew I was holding the gun - I have poor aim!)

Greg, on the other hand, looks like he knows what he is doing - and he made some very good shots too!