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.

Thanksgiving Day

Amber and Jerad got a new dining room table, so we went to their house for Thankgiving. It was perfect!

This is Jennifer with her Uncle Dennis.

Jennifer, Grandma and Amber had time for a picture after dinner was finished.

Grandma was trying to take a picture of us girls. As you can see she was having a little trouble figuring out which way to hold the camera. Since she's 96 years old we were patient with her and eventually got the picture we were trying for. We all had a good laugh, including Grandma.

We sat very close together to give her a smaller target. After many tries she finally got us all in. We're even pretty close to center. Hurray for Grandma!!

Clam Digging at Ocean Shores

We went clam digging at Ocean Shores. The weather was beautiful and we had the best clam digging ever.

This time of year the low tides are at night, so that makes digging a little more challenging.

As far and you could see there are lantern lights helping the clam diggers find their clams.

Karen's Visit

My cousin Karen came to visit for a few days. We had a wonderful time. Here she is visiting with Scott and Julie.

We also went to see Mom. Since it was a beautiful day we were able to spend some time in the courtyard and have a nice visit surrounded by the beautiful flowers.

Michael Buble

We attended the Michael Buble concert at GM Place in Vancouver, Canada. We went with Amber and Jerad and had a wonderful time. Michael puts on a great show and I think this was extra special for him, as he lives in Vancouver. Don't let the picture fool you, we were not this close. My camera just has a great zoom. Amber bought the tickets in September, as soon as they went on sale. However, they sold so quickly that these were the best seats available. Though we were high up, next to the last row, we were right up front and had a great view.