Saturday, January 3, 2009

Snow, snow, snow

Another two inches came down overnight and blanketed our street and the golf course greens!
We took off snow shoe-ing. Did you know it is hard to run in snowshoes, turn and smile before the self timer runs down? Any guesses on how many "takes" we had?

Fun framing with downed trees and snow covered branches.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Year's Celebration

Christmas Day blessed us with a boatload of snow and I-84 was pretty dicey, so we decided we would have to forgo the family gathering in Portland. Instead the two of us had a low key day and played in the snow and kept warm in our home. Then today, New Year's Day, we met up with the family for a belated celebration and were joined by some cousins and kids from Washington and California. Here are all the children and teenagers.

Then we added in all the adults. The two matriarchs of the family who married the Conan brothers are in the center back. My mom had all three of her children, their spouses and five grandchildren at this gathering. My aunt had one of her three kids and three of her four grandkiddos in attendance.