WILD WINTER

While watching my baby walk to school this morning, I realized that we have been having such a wild winter weather. The other day Mimi was walking to school with Halli and it was a huge down pour of snow. Today it the wild winds and rain. I love watching Mimi walk to school from our kitchen window. The sad part my baby is growing up way too fast for me.

Talked with Norman yesterday and he just repeated what we already know. The cut off day is June 9th and we are June 14th. He says that he is 95% sure that we will get our referal this month. In the meantime, we are still waiting for our INS clearance. I hate waiting more than ever now.

AROUND LAKE WILDERNESS

I love to take Butch to Lake Wilderness in the Fall/Winter/Spring seasons when the kids are in school. The best time to go there is in the morning. However today we went in the afternon which was ok too. However other people had the same idea. In the morning there is no one at the lake. When we are there and being that the kids are in school, I can let Butch off the leash and he can run everywhere to his big heart's content. Believe it or not the ducks and geese were there just quaking and honking away loud and clear as a bell. There were the little ducklings too. Soooooo cute.

DIRT

One would think that withall all of the snow and rain we are getting,
one would not have to wash their car. WRONG! Car washing places here
are up and running. Poor guys that have to work them. Hard to believe
that I just had my car washed last Saturday and sadly it needs it again.

SNOWING AGAIN

It started about 7 this morning. I was waiting for the school's phone
call but it never came. Keri said that Blake was waiting till the very
last minute. Knowing my child, I had her suited up for the snow which
means layers of clothes including snow pants (which she did not want
to wear and I know that come recess time she'll be running and jumping
everywhere getting her butt cold and wet therefore the pants went on),
jacket, beannie, gloves and boots. She looks like the kid from
Christmas Story where he says "I can't put my arms down!"

THUNDERBIRDS vs WINTERHAWKS

Date night tonight with my man. Dad won the hockey tickets to tonight's game at the Showare in Kent. Can't believe how many people up here love hockey. The place was packed.

Just in cast you are wondering, Mortensen is the name of the construction company that works together with dad's architect company and they are building the hospital.

Not only did dad win tickets, these tickets were to the VIP room. So that means we had really good seats. However when we went to the Mariner's baseball game a couple of years ago and got the VIP tickets, we not only had good seats but better service as well. The service here was not all that great. The main thing is we did enjoy ourselves none the less.

We lost the game 4 to 3. It was a good game though right up to the end.

It had snowed some more. So when we got home, it looks as though there is a whole bunch of sugar all across our front lawn. I also took Butch for his evening constitutional around the block passing by Erin's house at 9:30 this evening and I am sure the girls are still awake as the lights are on in the bedroom. That's alright. I know somebody will definitely be going to bed real early tomorrow night as school starts again on Monday. No more vacation for that girl till Easter when they get one more week off for Spring vacation.

ICESICLES

I knew that it is cold up here but did not realize how cold till I looked out of our second story office window and saw this piece of ice hanging down.

It started to snow again today just after we arrived home from the skating rink around 3:00 p.m. The snow is still falling. Not hard but none the less still falling.

I do however love watching the snowfall from inside my warm, warm house. I may be biased but I love our Maple Valley snow instead of the Spokane snow or the snow they get in the east.

BLAKE'S 8TH BIRTHDAY

This month is Blake's birthday. We missed it for the last two years. Last year it was because we were in Canada at the Olympics and the year before that I can't remember.

Today his party was held at the Auburn Skate Connection. If I had my thinking cap on I could have Mimi do a sleepover at Nathan's since they live so close to the skating rink. Dad and I have a hot date tonight at the Showare. Going to see a hockey game. Didn't know we were hockey nuts didja??? Not. I do enjoy the game though but I'm not crazy about it as Brandy and her family are.

Oh well things worked out for Mimi and us. She will be having a sleepover with Erin and her family tonight. Then tomorrow she, dad and Sara will go over to Grandma and Grandpa house while the women division of the SGI will attend a women's meeting the Seattle Culture Center.

It never ceases to amaze me that even having just the one child our lives have become even richer and more blessed than I could ever imagined.