Thanksgiving Weekend in Manila...Day 1 and 2...

Donovan and the Girls out on Sheep Creek Lake 

Long Lake!

(If you look closely you can see one of the cracks in the ice that goes from this side of the lake to the other).

Daddy and Owen out looking for our Christmas tree. 

First time looking for his 1st Christmas tree...He slept the whole time. 

Still asleep in my lap out in the truck. He missed his first experience...lucky for him I got it all on film!

Donovan and the Girls with the Christmas trees. 

Our Christmas tree we cut down is to our left. I love it!  

The tree Don and Jeri cut.

Thanksgiving was spent out at Don and Jeri's cabin. It was a fun and relaxing weekend. Enjoyed spending time with Donovan's parents and our little family. We were missing Ember and my Mom this Thanksgiving. Holidays just are not the same when they are gone. Ember was in Idaho with her dad this year and my Mom has been gone now for a year and a half. I can't believe where the time has gone. However, still with missing them we had a great time. This year instead of the traditional turkey dinner we did a surf and turf and boy was it AMAZING! Thanks Don and Jeri for the wonderful food of lobster, shrimp and steaks! It was sooo yummy!

Friday Donovan and I took the kids out the Uinta's to see how far we could make it before the snow got to deep. We stopped at a few lakes along the way. Sheep Creek was our first stop, the little lake was completely frozen so Donovan took the girls for a closer look. When I mean closer look that means, going out and walking on it. Our next stop was Long Lake...this was a bigger lake than Sheep Creek. The ice had begun to thicken, however, was not thick enough to walk out on. This lake to me was the prettiest. It had two huge cracks running from one side of the lake to the other. The waves under the ice made it look like it was in motion (which it was). Amazing how water and ice mix and how dangerous it is if not completely frozen.

After heading out towards Spirit Lake we turned around at the turn off and headed back to meet up with Don and Jeri to go and cut down our Christmas tree.