christmas in island park.

island park holds a special place in my heart.  first of all, it is completely gorgeous. second of all, it is a great place to do lots of fun activities: floats down the river, sledding, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, shooting, hiking, swimming, boating, wakeboarding.  third, it holds great memories of those first few months of dating john, getting engaged, and growing to love his family {which wasn't difficult - since they are amazing!}.  christmas this year made me love them even more.  they truly treat me like on of their own, and for that i am so grateful.  the weekend was so fun!

we went snowmobiling, ate french toast, played with nephew colter....

rynessa.

the tree that we cut down in the middle of the forest.  see the littles in front of it?  it was 18 feet tall!

 -20 degrees fahrenheit in the morning.

 on the drive up....

 the henries and the brunts taking family pictures in christmas pj's.

john's new beretta 92fs!

 letter from santa.

 my new rebel....

 christmas booty....

playing santa's elves....

 guitar, bear slippers, and luke and rori as angels.

 a sheep and a wise man.

 randi's birthday cake, the littles lined up christmas morning, fun toys, and a chocolate orange {my favorite!}

the boys playing in the snow....

 an island park sunset.