Ice Storm in Oregon

On Saturday is snowed about 12" here.  That is not normal for the northwest.  The kids are loving it.  We played in the snow most of the day.

Last night the snow converted to freezing rain and left a sheet of ice on top of everything.  See the video below:

Just another day with family

So my nieces came over today to hang out. To spice things up a little, I was trying to dare them to go lay in the snow without any winter gear on. I was bribing them with chocolate and other goodies. Then all of a sudden then just said that they are going to go out and lay in the snow. So, they took a towel just in case and the following is what happened:

1. Sweet innocent Emma just minding her own business.

2. Cate doing the same.......

3. Then, Cate had to throw some snow on Emma. Those of us that know Cate, do not find this suprising at all. She usually is the one to start these types of things. Just ask anyone who goes rafting with her in Sunriver. Then Emma retaliates:

4. Then there was this cloud of snow and the two of them were throwing snow everywhere. No gloves mind you!

5. It ended with Cate getting the worst of it. I guess that is what you get when you start it! :-)

Meredith and I were laughing just watching them. Thanks for the fun girls!

Christmas Tree

Across the street from our house we have a couple of Christmas Tree farms.  Last weekend, I gathered the family for the long 2 minute journey to the tree farm.  We love living in the Northwest.  It is so green.  Take a look at some of the views:

Someone has to bring the tree in:

Let it snow!!

It doesn't snow very often in Portland. However, when it does, everything shuts down. We received a few inches of snow today and now we get to enjoy the day off as church was cancelled.

As of this moment it is still snowing. The kids are loving it.

Beautiful day today!

So I complained about the weather yesterday and then today was beautiful.  Dry and sunny!  We'll take it!

(I know the picture quality stinks.  All I have is a webcam in my office.)

Weather in the Northwest

Well, I have been slacking on my family blog duties.  I do use Facebook a lot to share photos etc.

So, here is my new blog posting:

The weather here is pretty crummy.  Here is a picture from my office.  Don't you all just want to move back to Oregon and enjoy the rain with us?

It's all about Facebook!

My dear husband stopped blogging and only does Facebook now. It has been driving me crazy for some reason. I think I just enjoyed all the post that he did on our family blog. Sometimes he would act like I wrote it but, it was really him posting. So this is my story. I miss our family blog. Please create a new post for me. Love, Meredith