Christmas Day in Montana

We spent Christmas week in Billings, MT with my parents. My sister and her husband were able to travel from Spokane with their two kids. It was busy, but so much fun. Three under three makes for some wild times!

Danny and his matchbox cars. My mom knew Danny's matchbox cars had gone missing at some point when he was younger. She found cars on e-bay from the 70s and 80s. Zeke and Danny were both excited!
Papa and Elmo opening up their surprise bowl.

My sister with Zeke!

Morgan or Mo Mo as Zeke calls her trying out her new tutu!

Zeke trying out cousin Ryan's new scooter.

Yummy food after all of the kids were in bed!

Attempt at Grandparents picture with the grand kids.

Notice, my mom made sure the Green Bay Packer football was present in the picture!

Papa walking Zeke to the car for our sad good-bye

Miss you guys! Thanks for the amazing week!

Christmas in Dickinson

The Simonsen crew minus Toby Zeke's favorite babysitters

The cleanup crew

The Dads and their kids

Uncle Andy trying out cousin Hannah's tutu

Toby, Uncle Scottie, and Aunt Becky

Hannah teaching Zeke how to jump!

Zeke wearing Toby's big boy boots

1st attempt at picture of Zeke and Hannah in front of the Christmas tree.

Where is Hannah?
2nd attempt at picture.

Where is Zeke.

There was no 3rd attempt.

Big boys brush their teeth

One of Zeke's favorite things to do right now. . . We will see how long that last. :)

Fashion tips from Zeke

Men should always accessorize with color.

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Scarfs are way cool!

The relaxed look is always in.

Big hair will never got out of style.

Scarfs are a must!

Lefsa

Danny's perfect Lefsa Zeke likes it.

Kari's Birthday

Happy Birthday Cousin Kari!

Zeke decided he REALLY likes ice cream cake!

A little while back

My cat and his hat with his cousins!

Eating and Hair

Who knew what fun eating could be. . . and how great it is for your hair!

An afternoon at the Pumpkin Patch

We all headed to Lindig Farms on a Sunday afternoon. Luckily, we had a 15 passenger van so we could fit Danny, Mandy, Zeke, Ashley, Kari, Toby, David and two dogs. Playing in the corn box.
Farm animal fun!

Adventure in the corn maze

Fun with cousin David

Zeke and the boys

The whole clan!

What a fun day!

The Bronson Scavenger Hunt of 2009

The entire Bronson Clan met in Jamestown, ND one Saturday for a full day of hanging out. We planned different activities inside and outside for tons of fun. I was in charge of coming up with a Photo Scavenger hunt in the mall in Jamestown. I think it was a hit! Here are a few of the photos from the winning team!

Here is something that begins with the letter "Z"

Capture your reflection in an unexpected place.

Make yourself appear really small.

Mimic a statue or fountain

Here is the rest of the list:

1. Take a picture of an item that is 50% off and would fit one of your teammates
2. Find a book that has a picture on a American Flag
3. Take a picture of your entire team trying to drink from the same drinking fountain.
4. Take a picture of the pricing list to have your nails done at the mall.
5. Take a picture of Ashley texting.
6. Find a sign and do exactly what the sign says.
7. Find a gumball machine
8. Capture your reflection in an unexpected place
9. Take a picture with an animal
10. Most creative use of ‘leap-frog’
11. Mimic a statue or a fountain
12. “I can’t believe we all fit in here!”
13. Take a picture of your team in line for food.
14. Make yourselves appear really small
15. Can you find ___________ in this picture?
16. In front of a Volkswagen Beetle or PT Cruiser.
17. Spelling out a word - such as "hi"
18. Something Big and the color pink
19. Something that begins with the letter “Z”
20. The Whole team making a funny Face

Where does he get the blond hair from?

My cute kid

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A picture of me just a few years before. . . . :)

See, told you I had blond hair. :)

This is just to prove that, YES, Zeke is my son. :)

Visit from G-pa and Ama

Danny's Dad, Rocky, and step mom, Rebecca are visiting the states for about a month from Taiwan. We have had a great time with them and wanted to share some pics.

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Here is Rebecca and I making zucchini muffins and cookies. They are taking a Kitchen Aid mixer back with them and Rebecca wanted to learn some new recipes.

Playing a heated game of Mah jongCousin Hannah and Zeke solving the world's problems while looking out the front picture window.
Zeke searched high and low to find David hiding in his sandbox. He couldn't quite figure out where the rest of him was hidden.

The whole gang minus Danny's older sister Debbie and family who live in Alaska.

Fun Family Times!