By the time I got up to Buzz’s, he and his wife, Connie, had already started taking down the poles!
I jumped right in, and gave Connie the camera to be our official videographer and narrator. She did a wonderful job:
At the end of the day, all that remained was a large mess:
We have had 3 to 4 feet of snow fall here in Montana so far this Winter. Right now there is about a foot of snow on the ground. And since I’ve never gone sledding for more than a couple of feet, we went out and hit our neighbor’s hill. Anna purchased a sweet snow tube at the beginning of last summer, and we had some 1 person tubes we used on the river. Here’s Anna and Ashton in our river tube:
We’d estimate that this slope is 300 feet long. Here’s a video of some of the crazy slopes we took:
Then we got tired of hiking that ridiculous hill, so we had Cory pull us behind his old Toyota Land Cruiser.
Happy New Year,
Ashton Anna
Hi Guys,
Thanks to all you great friends who sent me “Happy Birthday” messages. It’s great to have so many good friends, even if many of you live states away.
Here’s a quick rundown of what we did for my birthday.
On Thursday (the 25th), we had a grub-club birthday party, where we ate good food, talked and watched Constantine. David made a great chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, and Anna made cupcakes!
Then, on my actual birthday (Saturday the 27th), we went to an authentic Montana estate auction! (Last year we got a truck-load of stuff for $36.) It was good fun. This was AshtonAnna’s second Auction; both of which were hosted by Roshon’s Auction Service. Here’s a picture of the “parking lot” for the estate auction:
It did get a little crazy… this saw for example. Guess how much it went for?
$80… Heck no, I didn’t bit on it.
They have two auctioneers, and they are both very entertaining. This guy’s our favorite (I don’t know his name.):
I won two “auctions.” My first auction was for a set of three tools: a Sledge Hammer, shovel and spud bar. All for $12. I bid on it for the spud bar, as I’ve been needing one for a month. If you’re not familiar with a spud bar, Here’s a picture of it after I used it to lever two (ginormous) rocks back into place:
My second auction was for a pile of wrenches. I got this set for $20. It wasn’t a steal like my first win, but it will come in useful.
(We went to Ace Hardware to get some price comparison, and they had a huge wrench similar to mine for $19.49, and a full set of smaller wrenches for $27.99, so it definitely was a good deal:)
Then we came to relax, and play with some horses. I played with my (ridiculous-looking) Maple pancake. Her baby fur was much much lighter than her new fur, which makes for hilarious shedding stages:
Anna worked with Ossetteon the hill (which has become the latest AshtonAnna Header image.)
Then we introduced them:
After feeding and playing with the animals, we went to Carols for dinner and a movie (V’s Favorite Movie: The Count of Monte Cristo). The sunset over the lake was fabulous (as always):
So was dessert:
It was a great Birthday.
Thanks,
AshtonAnna
Hi Guys,
We forgot to post all the cute pictures of our ducks when they were young (a few months ago… May?) Here you go:
Enjoy,
AshtonAnna
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to Ashton & Anna’s Life. We wanted to keep everyone updated on our life and what is new and exciting.
Currently Ashton has left for 3 months to Camp Cherry Valley which will be his last year for a while. So I am waiting here in Polson for his return and keeping myself very busy with our house, gardening, horses and work!
