I am sorry I have not posted pictures in over a month, but lots of fun and exciting things happened to the Groves during December! I started a new job as an aide at an elementary school close to our home. I am working with two second grade classrooms and one fourth grade classroom. I wish it were an actual teaching position, however it feels so good to be back in the school. I already have several little friends that brighten my day with hugs, smiles and hilarious stories. Mary Kathryn and Nathan came to visit before Christmas and we had a BLAST catching up, laughing and exploring Montana. I felt so much closer to home having the two of them here :) Adam and I were fortunate enough to be able to fly home for Christmas (those pictures to come soon), but we still made many Christmas memories in Bozeman. Here are pictures of our Christmas adventures :)
Adam and I went out to cut greenery to MAKE a Christmas wreath for our front door. We drove up around Hylite Canyon and got to choppin'.
quite the green thumb :) he worked hard
my wreath
our view over the fence while creating our wreaths
proud :) Also, our last picture of the 4Runner. I forgot to add that we bought Adam a new truck!!
Sunday adventure to snow-covered Hylite Canyon
mountain man choppin' fire wood
our spot for the afternoon
notice Adam's contraption to cook his hotdog
he made me a cardboard chair...how sweet
The next weekend we went to chop down our Christmas tree. In Montana, you can pay the Forestry Service $5 and then go chop down any tree on public land, so that is how we got our very first Charlie Brown tree!
that is really the one we wanted!
There she is! All alone, she needed us to bring her home for Christmas!
he is still learning how to park this thing...haha it is quite entertaining
I don't know if it will ever be this cold again when we go to get our future Christmas trees!
thank you, Malissa!
Molly, I still have this ornament and it made it all the way out here!
thank you, Robyn!
thank you, MK and Nate!
Barbie sent us this elf for Adam :)
As Grandmommy James said, I am sure I am the only girl in Montana with a sweetgrass basket!
December away from home taught me to cherish friendships, traditions and family and also to be grateful for new traditions and for all the blessings of my new life with my mountain man.
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