Page and I went to the Billy Dean concert last night in Cody. It was really good and we had a great time listening to his music.
We had pretty good seats in the Cody Theater. I tried to take a shot with my cell phone. I should have brought my camera. He sang all his old hits and added a few new ones. He told us he had taken a few years off from doing shows to raise his kids which got a huge round of applause.
I took a little drive outside of town today and took a few photos. Lots of horses in these parts.
I ran across this herd of sheep. They were on the move looking for food.
I really liked this tree when I came upon it. It still is trying to hang on to its golden leaves in the middle of winter and it matched the golden fields in the background
I loved seeing this old wagon just sitting on the side of the road
I went down to the Shoshone River and spooked a flock of mud hens. Didn't mean to do that, just wanted to take their picture
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Buffalo Bill Dam, west of Cody
About an hour after I took this photo, there would be hundreds of people lining up on top of the dam to be photographed for the centennial photos. I would be one of the faces in the crowd
At the time of completion in 1910, this dam was the tallest dam in the United States
This is looking east down stream from the dam as the Shoshone River works its way down into the Big Horn Basin. This dam has provided the Basin with water to sustain life in this part of Wyoming
Former US Senator, Alan Simpson, was the speaker at the event.
Page and Mike out front with our new holiday yard decoration
We hope you all had a Merry Christmas
and
We wish you Happy New Year 2010
A New Year and A New Decade !!!
after dinner in Cody, we all came back to the house to open presents
Ebin got some Bakugan
and he flipped over this robotic bug
Rhiannon fell in love with her new doll
We continued our Christmas Eve tradition this year, going to the Rib & Chop House in Cody
This year we got to bring along the future new members of our family, Chris, Ebin and Rhiannon
Enjoying our Christmas Eve Dinner(Ebin looks really excited!)
Rhiannon too!
Chris, Lacey and Page
We went to our Grandson, Ebin's Christmas Concert, errrr, I mean Winter Music Program tonight. It was probably the best school holiday program I have ever been to, including my own children's concerts when they were young. Ebin is the good looking young man in the green shirt up front.
Ebin not only sang well, he also got to dance and do choreography! I was in the back of a dark auditorium, so I am happy I got shots as good as I did.
Still performing after the show!
We got our tree up and decorated
Rhiannon and Ebin- our grandkids (officially in 8 months)
Rhiannon, Lacey, Chris and Ebin- they are a happy family
The roads to Old Faithful in Yellowstone closed for the winter on Nov. 2nd- 8 .a.m. So I took the soon-to-be Grandkids down on Sunday afternoon, after church of course....
Here is Ebin at Yellowstone Lake. He had never seen a geyser in his whole life, in person. I couldn't have that could I? So we dashed over to the other end of the park to get to Old Faithful before it got dark.
We made it just in time. We saw the last eruption of Old Faithful before sundown. It was about 5:15 p.m. Then the roads would be closed to cars until next Spring 2010. As you can see, Rhiannon and Ebin still were enjoying the effects of Halloween from the day before.
Thumbs up as we watch Old Faithful blow its top
And then of course, a herd of Buffalo decided to camp on the road to get out. We sat for about 10 minutes until they decided it was time to move. 
We got to go to Rhiannon's 5th Birthday party. Lacey planned it and she did such a good job. Rhiannon is going to be my granddaughter next year when Lacey marries Chris.
Pure joy in getting a Tinkerbell doll
Both my new grandchildren-to-be... Ebin and Rhiannon
Page got her lots of dress up clothes. Rhiannon is into princesses at the moment
Is this an awesome Princess cake?
I dressed up as Pharoah at work and came in second place in the costume contest
Lacey was a Tigress
Don't we look great?
The roads in Yellowstone are about to close for the winter, so Page and I made one last quick trip into the park. Here we are at the upper falls.
This little porcupine ran out across the road right in front of our car. First porcupine I have seen in the park, close to Sylvan Pass.
We came upon this herd of buffalo near the Fishing Bridge. We got a kick out of watchting the red baby buffalo getting a meal from his Mama.
We went to the brink of the Upper Falls.
I took this shot at the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.
