OMSI Trip

Last weekend Tyler and Haley were able to come up for a visit. We took the opportunity to meet up with Matt, Carrie and Owen at OMSI. Fun was had by all!



The highlight of the day was the fire alarm going off in OMSI, having to evacuate and two firetrucks came. It turned out to be something on fire in a garbage can. Needless to say, we stayed long enough to see the firetrucks and firemen and then headed to Red Robin for lunch.



Haley also had fun that weekend doing my hair...What do you think?

Christmas 2008

I had said I would post pictures from Xmas a while back. Finally, here you go.

Bubba and Maggie could hardly wait for Santa to come.



Fireman Dale was very surprised to find out that Owen was really Santa!



Fun was had by all when Pete and Karla treated us all to lazer tag and arcade fun!!





Owen is trying to take off with his Haley...



Stay tuned for New Years and OMSI trip pics...

Holy Moley!

I can't believe that it is snowing again. We woke up on Friday with about an inch of wet snow and now it is snowing again. It is supposed to start raining later tonight, but this is just weird. I am starting to feel like we are living in a completely different place. I love the snow, so I am not going to complain. I just don't want 14 inches again.

Happy New Year

This has become a bitter-sweet holiday for me. I love that we are going from one year to another (even though this holiday seems to come faster every year), but it comes with a memory I would really like to forget. I feel like this is a good sounding board for me so here it goes.

It is 1:19 AM on Jan. 1, 2009 and I am in tears. Even though I just spent an awesome evening with Steve, Julie, Nick, Tyler and Haley, I can't help to think about the loss that we suffered a few years ago. As we cheers'd in the new year with cider and champagne I started to cry. I miss Daryl. And I hate that he had to leave us the way he did. It makes me mad that we will never be able to talk to him again or see him again. I hate that he will never meet his beautiful grandchildren.

Yes, I have had a couple cocktails and I am feeling extra emotional, but they always say your true feelings show when you have been drinking.

I love you Daryl and I hope to see you again someday!!!!

Thank You To My Family

I just wanted to post a HUGE Thank you to my whole family. A lot of you read my blog and thought this would be an easy way to reach out. I wanted to let you all know how much I appreciated your open arms for our large group of kids and dogs at Xmas. From Rick playing chess with Tyler to Owen wanting to play with Haley all the time. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I love you all.

On another note, I have some good pics from the festivities. I will try to post them soon. We still have Tyler and Haley until Thursday, so busy times still this week.

I Love Snow, BUT...

It can go away now. I can't believe that we have had to deal with winter weather for a week here in Vancouver. And it isn't even winter until tomorrow (officially). We have gotten over 4 inches of snow today and they are saying we could see 4 more tonight before it changes to freezing rain...Yippee! Hope we don't lose power. I have been baking cookies like a mad woman. Had nothing else to do.
And Steve and I have tickets for the Wonderball with Storm Large tonight in downtown Portland. We are not going for fear that we would not be able to get home and right now even malls are closing early because of the weather.

OK...Now that I am done whining, here are some pictures from today and tonight of the snow. Bubba loves it.

Push the snow, push the snow. This was about 2 o'clock today and it is already all covered again.


2 PM today



6 PM today



Bubba Loves Snow!!! He runs along with his head down and eats it as he runs along.



Maggie was catching snowflakes on her tongue. She feels like she is back in Alturas.

Misc. Stuff

I finally downloaded pictures off of the camera and realized it had been a while since I posted anything on the blog.

Owen had one of his birthday parties at the beach with all of us. It was fun to watch him enjoy the cake and presents.



I don't think that you could find any prouder Grandparents. Ruary was not even an hour old when this picture was taken.



We are not sure what kind of cologne Matt is using, but both Harper and Owen seemed to like it. Eau d Cupcake, perhaps?



HOHOHO!!! Merry Christmas from Uncle Steve!