SEE THE RESEMBLENCE???

While Samantha and her family are enjoying themselves on the east coast, I opened up their blog site and saw this picture. Then I thought to myself, now where did I see this sculpture before??? Oh Yeah!!! It was dad's invitation to last year's Christmas office party at Sam Olympic Scupture Park in dowtown Seattle next to the Space Needle.

NEXT YEAR'S GIFT FROM SANTA???????

Now that Mimi has mastered my cell phone, she decided to try out Joe's Blackberry and she loves it! She had to input all of her friends names into it, there's Samantha F. , Blake, Halliwell, Erin, Zoe and so forth.

AT THE LODGE

While waiting for dad and Joe to finish their runs, Mimi and mom played some cards while enjoying a grilled cheese sandwich snack. Mimi also loves maps and Nicole (not necessarily in that order) so here Nicole is showing Mimi on the map where everyone went skiing and the pictures she took at the top of the mountain.

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN

Well folks, the Putney's finally made it up to Crystal Mountain for some cold, wet fun. Due to the fact that the bridge to Enumclaw is closed for the season for some repair work, we had to make a detour, then stop at the ski shop for rentals. What normally would have been a one and a half hour trip turned into a two and a half hour trip but we made it. The weather was perfect and the place was not real crowded. I thought for sure Mimi would only last one hour but lo and behold she actually skied for a little more than two hours! What a difference one year makes which was the last time she went skiing. For about an hour Mimi and dad went skiing while I stayed down at the lodge. They then came back for lunch and Mimi was raring to go again. "I wanna go skiing!!!" she would say over and over. So off they went. Meanwhile all during this time Joe and Nicole were somewhere at the top of the mountain taking pictures. You could see Mount Rainier real good. Finally it was time to go home for a short time to freshen up then over to grandma's house for a lasagna dinner.

OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW

Gone are the days when mom has to carry around the clunker of a Olympus camera. Dad bought mom this new Cannon camera for Christmas. Not as nice as a SLR but it will do for now. Mom really likes it because it is small enough to carry around in her purse or pocket.

DECEMBER STORM CONTINUES

Will it ever end??? The newscaster says that this is the worst storm that Washington State has faced in a decade. It has stopped snowing for the most part but now it has started to rain and we

even had a bit of gusty winds today. All of the snow is starting to turn to slush. It was reported that the snowplow industry has been making some big bucks this season. Even some independent plowers did pretty well too. Everyone now is worried about flooding.

SIGHTSEEING

These are a few pictures from yesterday's sightseeing trip around downtown Seattle. Of course no trip is complete without a visit to Pike's Place Market.