So much snow this year

Here's a picture I took of a Junco in our backyard during a large snowstorm that hit us in December.  I zoomed in on it as it was hanging out under one of our lilac bushes.  It was a lot of snow all at once (about 18 inches) and now we're almost mid February with more snow.  Apparently a melt is coming for the weekend.  Let's all have our fingers crossed for debunked ice dams via John and some Calcium Chloride.

Just for the Record

Happy just told me that I'm usually right.

Someone thought I "had an opinion"

Recently I had a mom from one of my birth classes tell me she thought I "had an opinion" about epidurals in labor...that I was biased against them.  I've been mulling it over in my head, and it occurred to me that I'm not biased against them, I'm biased against their docs telling them they "really like epidurals" and "don't take a class because you're just going to get an epidural."  I don't have a problem with epidurals as long as the family is making a choice and not being told what to do, often times uninformed.  So, get your facts and make the right choice for yourself.

The Thanksgiving Family Photo Attempts (aka Herding Cats)

Grandma Christine's House

Not bad, but let's try again. 

We tried so hard.

Grandpa John & Grandma Sandy's House

Here we go...again.  Not too bad.

We tried harder.  

First Big Snow

Ella taught Indi the finer points of eating snow.  It was good eatin' snow too!  Notice where Indigo's right hand mitten is located.  Watch that hand.  

What?

Future Nobel Prize winner for literature and model.

Mmm.  Snow.  Need bigger chuck.

I like snow.  Geez my hand hurts so bad.  

Actually, when the girls came in from playing (I mean eating) Indi was distraught and holding her hand out to us.  She was looking outside, crying and wouldn't let us hold her hand to warm it up.  We realized that she wasn't crying about her cold hand, she thought her mitten was lost out in the snow.  As soon as we showed her both mittens were in the house the tears subsided.  She is a funny little person.  

Happy Halloween!!!

Before...

Our little Jack-O-Lantern

Happy is a cyborg (minus the mask for the picture) and Ella is Elmo.

After....

One more Jack-O-Lantern with the carved versions.   She couldn't sit close enough.  :)

She was clapping in happiness for Halloween...a Tootsie Pop, puppies, kids, visiting the neighbors...life is good.

Happy plays in the Dome!

Thanks to the folks who joined us to cheer on the Huskies!  Gammi, Grandma, Uncle Nick and Aunty Ruth.

Practicing kicking field goals before the game.  It was GOOD!

Mugging for the camera :)

More "mugging" 

Daugherty and Minnesota Vikings

Shot of the dome

Getting brave and tackling the stairs

Game's over!  Fun was had by all!

Everybody wins (or no one loses.)