The Lion King

Ron and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary on February 22. The kids gave us a trip to Seattle and The Lion King. What an amazing time we had. We got to Seattle early so we could do some shopping after we checked into our hotel. We had a delicious dinner at P.F. Chang's and then it was off to The Paramount theater for "The Lion King". What a production. The puppets were incredible. We are still talking about how they were able to work some of them. On Sunday morning we went to Pike Place for Piroshky's and then to the original Starbucks for coffee. Of course we had to check out was new at the market. There are always lots of people and excitement there.

February Snow Day

We are having another beautiful snow day in Bellingham. It started snowing after lunch yesterday and was still snowing when we went to bed last night. We woke to sun and blue skies, but it's still very cold. My school and Ron's work were both closed for the day, so we are having a bonus day at home!

A Family Visit

Today we had a visit from my cousin Bill and his family. They like to come and see mom every few months and it is always great to see them.




Bill and his wife Carolyn


Granddaughter Kylie - 10 months old
Isn't she a cutie?

This is my Auntie Dorothy. She came with Bill and Carolyn so she could visit with mom. She is sitting at the organ that used to be in her home and is now at Julie's . We remember listening to her play and sing when we were children. She always has songs and jokes to share. At 86 she still has lots of energy.

Heather, Bill's daughter and Kylie's mom, Mom and Auntie Dorothy.

January Flooding

When Ten Mile Creek overflows it's banks the fields around my school look like this.This is the E Hemmi Road, just past my school. I often go home this way, but as you can see the road is closed due to flooding.
All the roads to our house have been closed because of the severe flooding. This is Hilldale Road. The water is running down Brownsville and crossing Hillsdale like a river. The road is closed, but they have set up lights so we can pass. It's the only way in and out at this time.

Amber works in the blue and white building. What looks like a river is usually a creek. If it comes up just a few more inches it will be flooding her work and that of others in the area. Fortunately for everyone the water has been going down the last few days.

Happy New Year 2009

Make a Smilebox greeting

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! Through all the snow and cold we managed to make it to Jennifer and Will's for Christmas day. Getting down our driveway and road and up the road to their house was the biggest challenge. Though we had had another 4-6 inches of snow the night before the main roads were pretty good. We are not used to this much snow staying around for this long.

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you all did also. Will, Ron. Jennifer, Carole, Amber, Jerad

December Snow

The snow is beautiful, though a bit troublesome for those that had to get around in it. I look at it as a bonus day when I can stay home and enjoy a nice fire and work on some projects. I kept hoping for some sunshine to get some beautiful snow pictures, but it never really came. We just got more snow!!! This is the view out our living room window and about the best I could get. The snow went on for several weeks and people were getting pretty tired of it.

The snow just kept piling up!


When the snow was fresh and deep we had no problem getting up our driveway. But when it started to melt and then freeze we had to start digging out the snow and ice.

The Flicker was very happy that I put the suet out.

Oh yes, it was cold!

A neighbors cat found a small spot in our Koi pond that was not frozen.

He came every day for a drink.