Friday, December 26, 2008
Christmas Follow-up
I missed Shannon on the telephone yesterday, but did get to talk with her this morning. I missed Theo and Mike but I talked with Ed, and Todd on Christmas. I miss our big family get togethers.
I had the day off but Lynn "got" to work (we never complain about work. We are just glad we have jobs). I had a list of things I wanted to do. Of course I spent to much time enjoy the leisure of the day to get much done on my list. I did spend a hour or two of quality time with the snow shovel. I cleared snow most of the length of the drive way and up around the corner to the rail road tracks. Then with a unwarranted feeling of a job well done I pulled the Camry out of the garage. We breezed down to the end of the drive way, zipped around the corner, but couldn't make the small hill up to the rail road tracks. I only got stuck once backing up to the garage. Well at least I'm making progress. I shall yet Over Come!!!!!!!!
I had the day off but Lynn "got" to work (we never complain about work. We are just glad we have jobs). I had a list of things I wanted to do. Of course I spent to much time enjoy the leisure of the day to get much done on my list. I did spend a hour or two of quality time with the snow shovel. I cleared snow most of the length of the drive way and up around the corner to the rail road tracks. Then with a unwarranted feeling of a job well done I pulled the Camry out of the garage. We breezed down to the end of the drive way, zipped around the corner, but couldn't make the small hill up to the rail road tracks. I only got stuck once backing up to the garage. Well at least I'm making progress. I shall yet Over Come!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas all, its actually the 26th at 8am and I'm at work already. Lydia, Kyle, Sasha and I had a wonderful day on Christmas enjoying our family, playing games, watching movies and of course eating. Lydia's brother Chico lives close by now so it is also nice to have him over and spend the night waiting for Santa.
Mom and Dad spent Christmas in Walla Walla with Lisa's family and they are on their way over here to Burlington as we speak and should be here before I get off work today. It will be great to see them because I think we talked about 12 times between Christmas eve and Christmas.
We have have had a bad spell of weather lately and we had about 30" of snow where I live north of Seattle. We set 100 year records with the cold (12 degrees) and snow levels for this area, but all I could think was at least I did not live in Iowa or Waitsburg where the weather can get really bad. Its funny because with only 12" of snow on the ground last week there were only three of us that even made it to work, the other 10 stayed home. Guess there not from hardy stock. I'll try and post pictures of us later but with my dial up Internet connection it takes forever.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!
Mike
Mom and Dad spent Christmas in Walla Walla with Lisa's family and they are on their way over here to Burlington as we speak and should be here before I get off work today. It will be great to see them because I think we talked about 12 times between Christmas eve and Christmas.
We have have had a bad spell of weather lately and we had about 30" of snow where I live north of Seattle. We set 100 year records with the cold (12 degrees) and snow levels for this area, but all I could think was at least I did not live in Iowa or Waitsburg where the weather can get really bad. Its funny because with only 12" of snow on the ground last week there were only three of us that even made it to work, the other 10 stayed home. Guess there not from hardy stock. I'll try and post pictures of us later but with my dial up Internet connection it takes forever.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !!!
Mike
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Merry Christmas all:-)
Jacque and the boys and I are having a relaxing Christmas. Molley, some friends dog got dumped on our door step at noon yesterday. I guess she will be here until late this afternoon. She's really a nice little boarder collie.
Jacque decorated Christmas Sugar Cookies earlier today. We had eggs and I had a brat for breakfast with salsa on all of it. We have some little smookies in BBQ sauce out and a few other goodies.
Around 5 we will have eggs and hashbrowns and I will have a nice thick slice of ham. Jacque is still a vegitarian so this is a meal we can almost share:-)
We haven't opened our presents yet, of course, I've been taking pictures with my new camera for several weeks and we have been sleeping under Jacques new blanket for several weeks now, but we haven't opened anything today:-)
I hope you all have a truly wonderful Christmas! Let us hear from you!
Love
Ed and Jacque
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Best Christmas Present
We got a fantastic Christmas Present. Todd asked Melissa to marry him and she said YES! Lynn and I are really excited. We were having a fun Christmas Eve with the local kids and grand kids. Power Todd called us with the news. We are still smiling. This truly will be a Christmas to remember. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christmas Blenket:-)
Jacque recieved some money just before Christmas and decided to buy a Pendleton Wool Chief Josheph king size blanket we found down at the Amana Wollen Mills when Paul and Lynn were here in September. We've wanted one for a long time and it sure is nice. It seems to keep us at the same temperature regardless what the bedroom temperature is:-)
No, I don't normally sleep with my glasses on for those of you who might be wondering.
I have an electric remote shutter release for my camera and it works even through a Pendleton Wool blanket:-)
Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. We are staying home and looking forward to phone calls. I have a picture of our Christmas Tree but I don't have it off my camera yet, as soon as I do, I will post it.
The last storm stopped about 30 minutes ago, I think it's supposed to be a few days before we get anymore snow. They predicted -18 a few nights ago, we were dissappointed, it only got to about -9:-(
With all this global warming Jacque and I thought we migtht get some sun bathing in Christmas Day, but I think maybe we'll just snuggle up under our Chief Josheph blanket and stay warm on cozy:-)
Merry Christmas!!!!
We miss you all:-(
Ed and Jacque
Thursday, December 18, 2008
A Day of Fun and Frolic in the Snow
When I started out to work this morning there was a County snowplow stuck in the snow about a ½ mile from the house. Anyone else might have taken that as a warning. Not me, I’m a Powers through and through.
When I turned off Hwy 124 and started up Zuger HilI I knew I was in trouble. It was snowing hard. The snow was deep and drifting. It was very difficult to see the road. However, there was no place to turn around. Ten miles later I was in a white out condition and drove off into the ditch. That was around 8:30 AM.
A few minutes later a 4x4 pickup came by. The Lady driving is one of Lynn’s nieces. She couldn’t see any better than I could. We took a shot at getting to Walla Walla in her truck. We had to stop after a ½ mile or so as we couldn’t see past the hood of the truck. We decided that if we could make it a mile or so further up the road to an intersection we could turn around. I got out and walked where she could see me. We made it about a ¼ mile before we gave that up. Most of the time I couldn’t see the road. I had to pick our route by the feel of the snow. The snow was up to my knees and our progress was tiring. We decided that the road was wide enough to turn around where we were. It was marginally easier to see going up the road the other way. However, we couldn’t see the tracks we had just made. Corrine dropped me at my truck and went on home. Corrine lives about 2 miles from where I was stuck. Where we had turned around, there was telephone reception, so I had been able to call Lynn and AAA. I was stuck out there about 5 ½ hours. Corrine was the only driver that had come by.
I didn’t have any cell phone reception where I was stuck. There was a farm house a 10th of a mile or more off the road from where I went in the ditch. It didn’t look like anyone was home but I decided to go over and check. It was still snowing and drifting. Everything looked flat. However, just as I started down their driveway, I stepped off the drive and fell into their field. I landed on my feet but was standing in snow up past my waist. I crawled up the bank and trudged on to the farm house. I’m sure by now you have seen a pattern developing. No one was home except their very large black dog. Fortunately he was locked in the house and could only bark at me. As I was knocking on the door my cell phone rang. It was a provider wanting to talk about getting a new contract. Considering my situation we decide that we could discuss the contract when I got back to my office. I called Lynn and asked her to call the tow truck with the farm house’s address. While we were talking she was interrupted and said she would call me right back.
There I was standing out on that snowy porch. It was still snowing hard, the wind was blowing and I still had to wade back to the truck. I was also getting a bit of a chill. I knew I had to get back to the truck fairly soon. If I had any kind of problem in route to the truck, I was going to be in real trouble. It seemed like I waited a long time for Lynn’s call. I was getting colder by the micro second. Ok, so maybe it was only a matter of a few minutes but it seemed like a long time. I’ll admit I was freaking out a little. I called Lynn back and explained my situation and that I really had to get back to the truck. Lynn could tell from our conversation that I thought I might be in a bit of trouble. She had a little panic attack started crying and called 911. The dispatcher told her that the Lower Waitsburg Road had not been plowed so there wasn’t much they could do. Lynn started crying harder. The dispatcher was a survivor and told Lynn they would see what they could do.
Next Lynn found out that the tow truck wasn’t going to be of much assistance. They had a lot of calls and I was in a bad location. I was about 10 miles from Hwy 12 in Walla Walla and about the same distance from Hwy 124 coming out of Waitsburg. The road was unplowed and the driving conditions were dangerous.
I made it back to the truck rolled up in a blanket and turned on the heater.
One of the things I love about Lynn is that she is a very resourceful woman. She called Todd Wood and told him the situation. Todd agreed to come and get me. He has a tall Dodge Power Wagon with wide over sized tires. He aired the tires down to 14 lbs of pressure. Lynn called me and even though I didn’t show any reception bars on my phone she rang through. I was glad to hear Todd was on the way. Forty minutes or so later Todd called to say he was stuck but would be there soon. When he showed up he didn’t have any problem pulling me out of the ditch. Driving home was an adventure in itself. Most of the time I could see Todd’s truck, but I couldn’t see the tracks he was making.
When we got home Lynn was stuck at the head of the driveway. Steve had tried to pack down the driveway with his truck and he was stuck. Todd drove around through the yard and pulled Steve back to the house. In the mean time I got stuck in some deep snow in front of the shop. I dug it out fairly well and Todd gave me a little tug which saved me some digging. Todd had to leave and headed back to town. I ran the pickup up through the yard to the garage. I only got stuck once. The Camry doesn’t have a place to hook on to for towing. Everything is plastic. Every time we moved it forward we high centered on the snow. We ended up shoveling a trail the full length of the driveway to the garage. It was a few minutes to 4:00 PM when we finally got into the house. Would you believe we are tired and have some sore muscles tonight? We measured the snow before we came in the house. We have 20 inches on the flat spots where it hasn’t drifted. - Paul & Lynn
When I turned off Hwy 124 and started up Zuger HilI I knew I was in trouble. It was snowing hard. The snow was deep and drifting. It was very difficult to see the road. However, there was no place to turn around. Ten miles later I was in a white out condition and drove off into the ditch. That was around 8:30 AM.
A few minutes later a 4x4 pickup came by. The Lady driving is one of Lynn’s nieces. She couldn’t see any better than I could. We took a shot at getting to Walla Walla in her truck. We had to stop after a ½ mile or so as we couldn’t see past the hood of the truck. We decided that if we could make it a mile or so further up the road to an intersection we could turn around. I got out and walked where she could see me. We made it about a ¼ mile before we gave that up. Most of the time I couldn’t see the road. I had to pick our route by the feel of the snow. The snow was up to my knees and our progress was tiring. We decided that the road was wide enough to turn around where we were. It was marginally easier to see going up the road the other way. However, we couldn’t see the tracks we had just made. Corrine dropped me at my truck and went on home. Corrine lives about 2 miles from where I was stuck. Where we had turned around, there was telephone reception, so I had been able to call Lynn and AAA. I was stuck out there about 5 ½ hours. Corrine was the only driver that had come by.
I didn’t have any cell phone reception where I was stuck. There was a farm house a 10th of a mile or more off the road from where I went in the ditch. It didn’t look like anyone was home but I decided to go over and check. It was still snowing and drifting. Everything looked flat. However, just as I started down their driveway, I stepped off the drive and fell into their field. I landed on my feet but was standing in snow up past my waist. I crawled up the bank and trudged on to the farm house. I’m sure by now you have seen a pattern developing. No one was home except their very large black dog. Fortunately he was locked in the house and could only bark at me. As I was knocking on the door my cell phone rang. It was a provider wanting to talk about getting a new contract. Considering my situation we decide that we could discuss the contract when I got back to my office. I called Lynn and asked her to call the tow truck with the farm house’s address. While we were talking she was interrupted and said she would call me right back.
There I was standing out on that snowy porch. It was still snowing hard, the wind was blowing and I still had to wade back to the truck. I was also getting a bit of a chill. I knew I had to get back to the truck fairly soon. If I had any kind of problem in route to the truck, I was going to be in real trouble. It seemed like I waited a long time for Lynn’s call. I was getting colder by the micro second. Ok, so maybe it was only a matter of a few minutes but it seemed like a long time. I’ll admit I was freaking out a little. I called Lynn back and explained my situation and that I really had to get back to the truck. Lynn could tell from our conversation that I thought I might be in a bit of trouble. She had a little panic attack started crying and called 911. The dispatcher told her that the Lower Waitsburg Road had not been plowed so there wasn’t much they could do. Lynn started crying harder. The dispatcher was a survivor and told Lynn they would see what they could do.
Next Lynn found out that the tow truck wasn’t going to be of much assistance. They had a lot of calls and I was in a bad location. I was about 10 miles from Hwy 12 in Walla Walla and about the same distance from Hwy 124 coming out of Waitsburg. The road was unplowed and the driving conditions were dangerous.
I made it back to the truck rolled up in a blanket and turned on the heater.
One of the things I love about Lynn is that she is a very resourceful woman. She called Todd Wood and told him the situation. Todd agreed to come and get me. He has a tall Dodge Power Wagon with wide over sized tires. He aired the tires down to 14 lbs of pressure. Lynn called me and even though I didn’t show any reception bars on my phone she rang through. I was glad to hear Todd was on the way. Forty minutes or so later Todd called to say he was stuck but would be there soon. When he showed up he didn’t have any problem pulling me out of the ditch. Driving home was an adventure in itself. Most of the time I could see Todd’s truck, but I couldn’t see the tracks he was making.
When we got home Lynn was stuck at the head of the driveway. Steve had tried to pack down the driveway with his truck and he was stuck. Todd drove around through the yard and pulled Steve back to the house. In the mean time I got stuck in some deep snow in front of the shop. I dug it out fairly well and Todd gave me a little tug which saved me some digging. Todd had to leave and headed back to town. I ran the pickup up through the yard to the garage. I only got stuck once. The Camry doesn’t have a place to hook on to for towing. Everything is plastic. Every time we moved it forward we high centered on the snow. We ended up shoveling a trail the full length of the driveway to the garage. It was a few minutes to 4:00 PM when we finally got into the house. Would you believe we are tired and have some sore muscles tonight? We measured the snow before we came in the house. We have 20 inches on the flat spots where it hasn’t drifted. - Paul & Lynn
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Hi -
I have got to figure out how to post pictures on the Blog. Saturday the 13th we woke up to about 8 inches of snow. It is so beautiful! Lynn and I drove in to Walla Walla. There had only been two cars that had gone through before us. It was a nice trip. We hauled four wheels in to Les Schwabs. They wanted to buy them to sell with studded snow tires. It was a good deal because we need the money to help pay for the tires we bought from them the day before. When we got home we had to get ready for Bethan's birthday party. We BBQed salmon and halibit. It was a kick BBQing in all of that snow. Of course I was undercover on the porch, but it was still snowing and it was 32~ out. When everyone left we cleaned up the mess and kicked back in front of the TV. The real excitement came a little later. I wish I could post our pictures of the cougar tracks we found on our front poarch. Steve went out for a smoke about 10:30 and there were no tracks. About 11:15 I went out to check the motion detector light on the garage. As I went out the door I spotted some cat tracks in the snow on the porch. They were about 3 to 4 inches across. Need less to say I didn’t go out to the garage.
Lynn and I started to bed and of course we were talking about the tracks. We decided we need some pictures so Lynn ran downstairs and shoot 3 pictures from the front door.
This morning when I looked at the pictures I was disappointed she hadn’t got the tracks that impressed me so much. As I was looking at the pictures I realized the tracks I had seen were partly covered with snow. The ones Lynn had focused on were fresh. The fresh tracks are smaller that the ones I saw. We had two different cougars on our porch in the space of about and hour and 1/2. Maybe they were hoing for an invite for BBQed fish?
Steve says he is going to start hanging out of his up stairs window to smoke at night. There have been lots of jokes about who has to go outside with a bowl of milk calling "Here Ktty, Kitty" and who gets to take pictures through the window. So far no one has volunteered for the milk detail.
I have got to figure out how to post pictures on the Blog. Saturday the 13th we woke up to about 8 inches of snow. It is so beautiful! Lynn and I drove in to Walla Walla. There had only been two cars that had gone through before us. It was a nice trip. We hauled four wheels in to Les Schwabs. They wanted to buy them to sell with studded snow tires. It was a good deal because we need the money to help pay for the tires we bought from them the day before. When we got home we had to get ready for Bethan's birthday party. We BBQed salmon and halibit. It was a kick BBQing in all of that snow. Of course I was undercover on the porch, but it was still snowing and it was 32~ out. When everyone left we cleaned up the mess and kicked back in front of the TV. The real excitement came a little later. I wish I could post our pictures of the cougar tracks we found on our front poarch. Steve went out for a smoke about 10:30 and there were no tracks. About 11:15 I went out to check the motion detector light on the garage. As I went out the door I spotted some cat tracks in the snow on the porch. They were about 3 to 4 inches across. Need less to say I didn’t go out to the garage.
Lynn and I started to bed and of course we were talking about the tracks. We decided we need some pictures so Lynn ran downstairs and shoot 3 pictures from the front door.
This morning when I looked at the pictures I was disappointed she hadn’t got the tracks that impressed me so much. As I was looking at the pictures I realized the tracks I had seen were partly covered with snow. The ones Lynn had focused on were fresh. The fresh tracks are smaller that the ones I saw. We had two different cougars on our porch in the space of about and hour and 1/2. Maybe they were hoing for an invite for BBQed fish?
Steve says he is going to start hanging out of his up stairs window to smoke at night. There have been lots of jokes about who has to go outside with a bowl of milk calling "Here Ktty, Kitty" and who gets to take pictures through the window. So far no one has volunteered for the milk detail.
Life in Iowa
Greetings All:-)
Life in Iowa is generally cold. We did get up 45 today at noon, but it was 16 by 5pm. We're supposed to get a lot of sub 0 weather this week with a major snow event about Tuesday. I woundn't mind the weather if we had mountains to go with them.
Wednesday I was visiting a woman who is dying with cancer and slipped on the ice outside her house. The truck door was open and my leg wedged in under the door, my shin bone against the bottom of the door that's all pointy. I fell back and got wedged into the open door frame with my back and my feet was on very slippery ice. Just below the knee took a major hit and my back a minor hit, but at least I didn't go down all the way. Lot's of ice packs on the shin bone helped.
Jacque and I bought the new Canon 50D digital SLR, it's really nice. We've been looking at them for a while. I've had a 20D for 4 or 5 years and all the lenses and stuff work with the new camera. It's a lot more powerful camera than the old one. I took pictures today in church of the Cantata (The Choir's Christmas Program) without a flash and the pictures turned out better than they have in the past using a flash. (Technical stuff. The 20D has a maxime ISO of 1,600. I shot at 3,200 hundred today. The 50D has a mazime of 12,800)
My glucose has been uncontrolled for the last 3 months, since I stopped playing golf 4 or 5 times a week. I went on medicine for the 1st time since 1998. I'm letting my foot heal up and when I can start walking again I hope I can get off the medicine again.
Every Sunday Jacque and have pizza:-) Tonight Jacque made z crust using Grandma Powers' Pizza Recipe. It's pretty tasty.
We also have a couple of fuzzy critters living with us. Zach is the old puppy, 8 years, he's the white one. Willie is the puppy, 3 years old. Jacque just finished the pillow they are sleeping on. Zach has had a small red one, you can see it in the background, and Willie had been sleeping on a small rug he no longer fit on. It's nice they are sharing Willies new bed:-)
Love and miss you all!
Ed
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Merry Christmas
My dad called the other day to asked if all was ok. Why I asked and he mentioned I have posted on the blog for awhile. Guilt, lol...
I started a new job on Monday with Physio Control here in Redmond. My hours are 6:30 - 3 which is awesome. I will be home by the time Dionte gets home and the kids can all participate in afterschool activities. YEAH. The team at Physio seem to be very nice and are impressed with how quickly I initiated my training and taking things on.
We once had a Christmas Tree until our kittens made it into a cat post. The tree is droopy and looks sad. Oh, well it is much loved by the cats.
Last night we were supposed to go to Scrooge the Musical at our church in Tacoma. The weather called for snow and ice so we decided to stay home. The play has become a family tradition and hopefully we will get tickets for another showing. Yes, it is a church play however, it has a live orchestra, intermissions and is approx 2 1/2 long. If you would like to check out our church you can visit: ChampionsCentre.com.
I am off to mom and Larry's today. Larry and I are replacing the heater core in my car. Wish me luck. We have to take out the front dash of my car to gain access. Yikes!
Thinking of all of you and Merry Christmas - Shannon and Family
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Getting ready for Christmas
Howdy from Texas!
So, Todd and I have the house all ready for Christmas. Jackson and Cheedo, our kitties, were very helpful. As you can see, they were constant companions:
And, at this very moment, it is SNOWING IN HOUSTON TEXAS! It hasn't snowed here in 4 years! Here are some pics we just took:
Best wishes!
~Melissa
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Interesting week.
Here it is Wed and it has already been a eventful week. Monday night was leftover turkey and trimings. Tuesday Steve Robinson moved in with us again. Tuesday night was Commercial Club dinner meeting. Tonight Steve took us out for dinner at the Wet Stone (local pub).
Tomorrow night is open (more turkey). Friday night is the Elk's RV Club's Christmas Party and seafood buffet. Saturday is catch with things at home. Sunday I smoke turkeys for the Lions Club and it's Waitsburg's Home Town Christmas. Lot of activities: Christmas bazaar, live music, drawings for prizes, visiting with friends, night parade, chili feed (all the canned chili you can eat for $2.00), and a high school band concert. I REALLY do love living in a small town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Waitsburg is all dolled up fpr Christmas. This fall with the help of several grants bricks paths were place embedded int the sidewalks, charming new street lights were installed, and one of the towns leading families donated a wonderful big clock the the main corner in town. It lights up a night. It really is very nice. Volunteers from town got in and painted the buildings on main street. The Commercial club thought about contracing with an outfit to do the christmas lights. However after we look at what they wanted to charge we changed our minds. Instead we bought plastic garland with lights from the cool local hardware store. The volunteer fire department put them up on the new light poles. Those guys are great. However, they will never win any awards for their artistic talents. The new light poles are decortated and we smile at them every time we drive through town. The town really does look festive, and small town. Just like it should. - Paul
Tomorrow night is open (more turkey). Friday night is the Elk's RV Club's Christmas Party and seafood buffet. Saturday is catch with things at home. Sunday I smoke turkeys for the Lions Club and it's Waitsburg's Home Town Christmas. Lot of activities: Christmas bazaar, live music, drawings for prizes, visiting with friends, night parade, chili feed (all the canned chili you can eat for $2.00), and a high school band concert. I REALLY do love living in a small town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Waitsburg is all dolled up fpr Christmas. This fall with the help of several grants bricks paths were place embedded int the sidewalks, charming new street lights were installed, and one of the towns leading families donated a wonderful big clock the the main corner in town. It lights up a night. It really is very nice. Volunteers from town got in and painted the buildings on main street. The Commercial club thought about contracing with an outfit to do the christmas lights. However after we look at what they wanted to charge we changed our minds. Instead we bought plastic garland with lights from the cool local hardware store. The volunteer fire department put them up on the new light poles. Those guys are great. However, they will never win any awards for their artistic talents. The new light poles are decortated and we smile at them every time we drive through town. The town really does look festive, and small town. Just like it should. - Paul
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Byergo's Familia (Mike and Lydia)
So, we made it back to Burlington and the traveling was uneventful (which we are thankful for).
Sasha just left for her first basketball game (she enjoys doing the stats). She will we be doing the stats for JV and Varsity for the B-E Tigers (girls team).In the past she did the WA-HI (Walla Walla) boys stats for 3yrs. As Mike mentioned; we are doing well and thankful for the many blessings that we have had this year.I'm currently working in the educational profession and Mike is working in the contracting business for Chuckanut Lighting. Our son Kyle is working in the restaurant industry (Burlington Cafe & La Conner Prime and Rib). Sasha is working part time (about 6-10hrs wkly) at Chucky Cheese (you should see her in the Chucky Suit and she can even dance with it on!!) very cute. She has a way with the little ones. I will share some photos (if she'll let me <:). We also have a couple of hairy pets in our home (no, I'm not talking about Kyle or Mike .. Ha!). We have a dog (black lab) Olive.. she took us to the bank with her ear problems;but, she's doing better now (YIPEE). And, our cat Sebastian. They are both 11yrs old. What else is new?? Well, let's see... Our daughter will be 18 in one and half wks and our son just turned 21. So ya, I'm really not liking the idea that our little girl is becoming of age (to some degree). We plan on decorating our home this weekend with the help of my brother Chico (another blessing.. that we have my brother close by us), Sasha and possibly Kyle (he's been busy doing alot of holiday caterings, umm.. I don't know his schedule for this wkend). Well, I best close for now.. laundry is a waiting and calling me.
p.s It's nice to chat and see pic's of you all! We look so grownup (ha...ha) <;
Songs of Praise, Love...Lydia
Sasha just left for her first basketball game (she enjoys doing the stats). She will we be doing the stats for JV and Varsity for the B-E Tigers (girls team).In the past she did the WA-HI (Walla Walla) boys stats for 3yrs. As Mike mentioned; we are doing well and thankful for the many blessings that we have had this year.I'm currently working in the educational profession and Mike is working in the contracting business for Chuckanut Lighting. Our son Kyle is working in the restaurant industry (Burlington Cafe & La Conner Prime and Rib). Sasha is working part time (about 6-10hrs wkly) at Chucky Cheese (you should see her in the Chucky Suit and she can even dance with it on!!) very cute. She has a way with the little ones. I will share some photos (if she'll let me <:). We also have a couple of hairy pets in our home (no, I'm not talking about Kyle or Mike .. Ha!). We have a dog (black lab) Olive.. she took us to the bank with her ear problems;but, she's doing better now (YIPEE). And, our cat Sebastian. They are both 11yrs old. What else is new?? Well, let's see... Our daughter will be 18 in one and half wks and our son just turned 21. So ya, I'm really not liking the idea that our little girl is becoming of age (to some degree). We plan on decorating our home this weekend with the help of my brother Chico (another blessing.. that we have my brother close by us), Sasha and possibly Kyle (he's been busy doing alot of holiday caterings, umm.. I don't know his schedule for this wkend). Well, I best close for now.. laundry is a waiting and calling me.
p.s It's nice to chat and see pic's of you all! We look so grownup (ha...ha) <;
Songs of Praise, Love...Lydia
Monday, December 1, 2008
Happy Cyber Monday!
Well, Todd and I had a pretty great Thanksgiving holiday. On Thursday, we went to my dad's early on and had snacks and Champagne. Then we headed over to my mom's and had dinner. It was a small group this year, only 5, but a good group! See the below picture. (That's my sister Allison, my mom Tina, my step dad Rob, me, and Todd.)
Below is another pic from Thanksgiving. Left to right: Todd, my sister Allison, my mom Tina and Rob, my step dad. That empty spot is where I sat when I wasn't taking pictures. :)
Friday Todd hung out at the house while I went to my brother's house to decorate for Christmas. We went to the tree farm and cut down the tree to go in my bro's house. While there, we saw Phil Garner, the ex-Astro's manager. As you can imagine, my brother, who is single, needs a lot of help decorating his house. His mom came over along w/ my sister Megan and cousin Courtney. It was great fun! We watched White Christmas while we decorated.
Saturday was spent buying toys for the church donation. We got a good selection...12 toys in all.
Sunday Todd and I decorated OUR house. Todd put lights up on the house and we put up the tree. By the way, our music selection for this day was the new Elvis duets Christmas cd which is amazing. You should check it out. I'll post pics of the house in all of it's Christmas glory as soon as I get them off my camera.
Have a wonderful week, everyone!
~Melissa
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