Beautiful America: Holiday Greetings

I'm going to spend the next couple of weeks thinking about Christmases with family, and pictures of this time of year will appear here - some of them very much family shots. But I love my kids, and they are beautiful! Yes, yes, I'm biased. I think some of you will enjoy it, anyway. A glimpse into the winters on the Farm with a very ordinary family of happy-go-lucky people.

Playing in the snow, putting up the tree, getting cabin fever and playing games to pass the time…

Four kids under the tree! Like most years, this was a tree grown on the Farm, not perfect, but lots of love in decorations!

My favorite photo every year - the tree, all lit up.

Winter wonderland… time to play outside in the snow, then come in and warm up!

A small child's love of the snow lasts as long as his mittens are dry…

Snowshoes were a family favorite for getting down to the woods, and the tree would come home on the toboggan

Playing on the snow - that's a six foot stockade fence they are clambering over!

Out snowshoeing in the falling snow

Look, antlers! Candy canes lend themselves to silly

Time to play games and stay warm inside!