Christmas was a busy day. Bruce's parents came to our house in the morning to open presents with Ryan, Bruce and I. (Ryan didn't get out of bed until around 9am! What kids sleeps in on Christmas morning!?!) Later we made the trek out to Port Orchard to my dad's house. The road by his house was closed and the other roads were still really thick with slushy and icy underneath. Everyone who drove there almost ended up in the ditch, but we made it in and out safely.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Snow Continues
Bruce made it home safe and sound. He had big chunks of ice stuck to and dripping from his truck. He had a lot of snow in the back of his truck that had not melted on the ride down. Here are a couple of pictures of his truck. The camera just couldn't capture how dirty and icy it was, but I'm sharing anyway.
On Friday, December 19th, Bruce and I spent the morning playing around in the snow. I made a snow angel, Bruce showed me what 'white washing' was 5 or so times, and he taught me how to sled with a garbage bag. That night the forcast showed a 'snowstorm' moving in and bringing more snow to play in. Saturday was a madhouse at stores while everyone prepared for possible power outages and being stuck indoors. It snowed tiny flakes all Saturday afternoon but there wasn't really the wind they were predicting (at least not in Tacoma, Buckley certainly got hit).
Ok, we don't usually get this much snow around here. Especially before Xmas. We measured between 6-8 inches of snow around the house and yard. We needed to take advantage of the opportunity of lots of snow on the weekend. It was around midnight and we decided we couldn't wait until morning because freezing rain was in the forcast, which could spoil everything. We set out to build a snowman, which somehow turned into an older lady snowgal who likes a little Coors to help with the cold and maybe with socializing with us strangers. Then we packed the snow in the back yard, grabbed a trashbag, and we went 'sledding'. It was a lot of fun, but we were really tired when we got inside.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Snow Storm 2008
Since I'm sitting at home wondering if Bruce will be able to make it home from Conway, WA (where I last heard they got an unprecedented 18 inches of snow) I thought I would look at pictures of what was happening in the Pacific Northwest. I wanted to share some of the fun photos I found. Almost all of them are from the Puget Sound, but a moose from Alaska made it's way in because it was in the Seattle Post and was too cute to not share.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Our First Snowy Weekend
We were so excited to see the first snowfall of the season. I had to take pictures of the first snow in our new house. It was only about an inch but we went out to play anyways. We bundled Ryan up but he looked like a miniature killer.
The snow was powdery and not wet enough to make really good snowballs so Bruce was pretty much the snowball making champion.
It was fun. But it was really cold! So we went inside and made gingerbread cookies.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Christmas Party 2008
Here are some pictures of Mike and Desiree's Annual Xmas Party. Desiree still made too much food after many talks about how she wasn't feeding people dinner - just snacks. She never listens to me. Good thing I showed up early to help her out, she was in over her head. Everyone loves the food, so I'm sure she'll continue to do it.
I didn't get to stay long because I had gone to a friend's wedding prior to the party and was already pooped. Speaking of pooped, Bruce was tired too because after helping his parents put out and wire Xmas lights in Buckley, he went all the way to Port Orchard to help my mom with a broken toilet. The lights were lit the poop flushed and after he cleaned up, of course, Bruce was able to party for a bit too. We went home earlier than usual and fell right to sleep. I would have more pictures if we didn't leave early, oh well.
I didn't get to stay long because I had gone to a friend's wedding prior to the party and was already pooped. Speaking of pooped, Bruce was tired too because after helping his parents put out and wire Xmas lights in Buckley, he went all the way to Port Orchard to help my mom with a broken toilet. The lights were lit the poop flushed and after he cleaned up, of course, Bruce was able to party for a bit too. We went home earlier than usual and fell right to sleep. I would have more pictures if we didn't leave early, oh well.
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