DOWN BY THE LAKE

Today I thought would be a great day to take Mimi and Butch to Lake Wilderness before the rain/snow is to hit this evening. Otherwise that child would be happy to stay home and watch tv all day which is something that is never going to happen.

It was kind of nice because usually this time of year there is hardly anyone at the lake and I can let Butch off the leash which is something that he really likes. We got down to the water and he went running in like he was shot from a cannon. Then he realized how freezing cold the water is and caming running out as fast as he went in.

Mimi and I had a really good time together just talking about everything under the sky. The highlight of our outing was when we saw not one but two bald eagles soaring over the lake and perch themselves high on a treetop.

SNOQUALMIE SNOWMAN

........Yep folks, that's an intertube for the hat.

TUBING

Mimi has no problem tubing by herself. Wade shown here giving her a shove said that she slid down the hill on her bum one time and her stomach the next.

SNOQUALMIE'S WINTER WONDERLAND

MIMI, SAVANNAH AND BLAKE

TUBING AT SNOQUALMIE

Blake's family is visiting with them for the holidays and today they invited Mimi and myself to join them up in the mountains. Mimi says that she wishes her "Disney" Samantha was here to go tubing with her.


To start off with....I'm not sure what website dad looked at last night to get Mimi's ticket but he did not get it. Being that she has a season ski pass, we only have to pay $5.00 to go tubing. Keri got their tickets last night online. She tried to do it for me this morning but the computer said that there was none available, they were all sold out. Mimi was quite bummed about it. Then the computer dummy that I am tried to do it myself and this time it worked! Surprise, surprise! Then I thought that I would check the site out again and it said unavailable. What's up with that?

We got there just after the 1:30 session started and lucked out. Found a spot to park right at the lodge. There were a gazillion people there. Just as we entered the tubing area we saw Keri and Bailey. I still had to go through the humongous ticket line. I asked the guy working the entrance if Mimi could go through with her pass while I went to get her ticket. I showed him my papers and all and he said that would be fine. That way she could go with Keri and not lose any time waiting with me in that long, long line.

The session was to go to 3:30 but at 3:00 she kinda peetered out on me. That was fine though as it was starting to snow a bit harder and it was cold and wet. When we went with the Fratkins earlier this year, the weather was fantastic. We brought Butch with us and he had a ball. He is soooo tired now that he is snoring as he is sleeping.

THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS

Today the girl spent the whole day with Blake. It's kinda nice because they can entertain themselves pretty good. All it took was a tent and some imagination. Plus there is the Wii. Blake tells me that Monday thru Friday is his school time. Saturday is the time for friends and Sundays are spent playing video games till he passes out.