Late October we did our last pre-snow outing into the backcountry.
Kelsey and Will visited us over the week of Thanksgiving. We had a great time showing them as much of our world as we could; it was a little tough as this is what we woke up to Tuesday of Thanksgiving week:
Yep, 14" of snow. I shoveled that path so that I could get to the Cruiser...
so that I could go take my CDL skills test in a bus with bald tires! No worries though, this western snow is so light and dry, it's pretty easy driving compared to the Midwest icy snow that we're all used to back home.
Bridger continues to grow and experiment... Here he's decided to get up and walk around when he decided he was done with his dinner.
Trying new beverages...
occasionally choosing his own wardrobe...
or lack thereof.
Playing with boxes and friends.
We're not sure where he gets that from.
He really isn't always just in a diaper... we just seem to always photograph him that way.
We came back to central Iowa to visit for the holidays; it was a wonderful time that we enjoyed greatly. We are SO blessed to have such wonderful family and friends! It was a time that we enjoyed immensely; saying goodbye was so hard! We got to spend time with both immediate and extended families, as well as dear friends that we won't soon forget. It was our first Christmas without Grandma (Grootveld) TerLouw, but her memories were with us strongly the day the Grootvelds gathered from Wisconsin and Southeast Iowa for a day together.
Bridger and Holly also ventured over to western Iowa to visit Holly's grandparents. They had a great afternoon chatting and spending quality time together.
Bridger got time with all his aunts, uncles, cousins, and of course grandparents! He colored with cousin Nora,
got spoiled by Grandma Grootveld and Grandma Happe,
and got some good truck time with cousin Justin.
So many great photos and memories from our time back in Iowa, but this post is probably too long already!
