Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!!

As you can tell from the title of this post, we are experiencing LOTS OF SNOW!!!! Some of you folks live in the land of snow and so it's no big deal to have this amount of snow, but this amount in a 24 hour period is somewhat unusual for Spokane. Folks in Post Falls have over 27 inches. We have at least 2 feet. Here's some pics to prove it. We're staying home and digging out. All schools are shut down and police don't want anyone out on the streets unless you have 4-wheel drive and then sometimes that doesn't even work. Over the weekend we get the deep freeze factor thrown in--below zero. Christmas just isn't Christmas without snow so "Merry Christmas" everyone!!

Dinner with Friends

Because we have such great friends, we invited them over for dinner Saturday. We had a great time of food and fellowship. Perhaps you'll recognize some of them. From left is Ken and Becky Johnson, Debbie and Jim Gilchrist, Dick and myself, Frank and Irma Geis (in front of tree), Skip and Cathy Elford, John and Martha Smith. Our sweet daughters (Lisa and Amie) along with our son-in-law Chris were our servants for the meal. They cooked and served the meal. We were very pampered, leaving us at the table to enjoy our unbroken fellowship and conversation. Thanks Chris, Lisa and Amie!!

Before our dinner festivities, we had time to take a couple pictures of Claire:

We think she already knows how to unwrap packages.

This year is going to be a hoot!!

Claire is now 8 months old!

Condo Windows

Here's progression pictures of our Dining Room Windows:

Lots of labor and time and we have completed the windows providing warmth and comfort.

And now we're working on Living Room Windows. Windows? Don't you look through windows? Check back in a week to see if we've completed this task.

Buzzy Bee's 4th Birthday

Happy Birthday Buzz!!


Here are a few of the Matey's at the party.

We had another good time together!

Punkin Patch Outing

Saturday afternoon at Greenbluff. A delightful Fall outing!!

Buzz will be 4 November 6th and Cody just turned 3 August 3rd.

Grammy Lou with the boys!

Clairey Lu is now 6 months old!!

Who let these scary dudes in?

Oh that's right they're dressed up for Halloween!!

Cousins

We watched Cody James over the weekend. His cousins Buzz (to the left) and Claire joined us for breakfast--a pajama party!



Papa is putting together shelving for the kitchen. It's beautiful!! Still a work in progress.

Cody James is Three Today

Today we celebrated our grandson's third birthday. We all went to Lutherhaven--a camping facility out of Post Falls. It was a lovely evening with friends and kiddos.

Here's Cody with his birthday cupcake.

Before the festivities, he played with his friends and Cousin Buzz.

Papa was enjoying sitting by the lake side holding his prescious Claire.

Chris and Lisa sitting by the lake side.

Uncle Peter enjoying the sun.

Buzz and Aunt Mimi having dinner together.

When the night was over we got a shot of the three cousins together.

What a precious threesome!!

Happy Happy Father's Day!!

Today we celebrated Father's Day with lunch at the Condo. Amie, Scott, Liz, Cody, Peter with his girlfriend Brandi, Buzz, Dick and myself all sat around the table eating marianted flank steak, homemade potatoe salad (Dick's favorite), spinach salad, peas, followed with Turtle Cheescake. Chris, Lisa, and Claire were in Oregon visiting family (showing off Claire) while we had dinner and "fun in the sun."

Here's a smattering of pictures to show the day.

Another day with family is always a grand day for Grammy!! Ahhhhhh!!

Condo Not Selling

Well, as it turns out not a soul has passed over the threshold of our place since we put it up for sale--over a month ago. Our realtor said the Condo market was soft and the lack of activity has proven that. We don't anticipate our place to sell in any forseeable future. For now we are content to stay here and enjoy the fruit of our labor. Dick is working away on our upper kitchen cabinets. It'll be a week or two before they are ready to install. And when they're done, I'll make sure and get the pictures posted.

Meanwhile we are both working at the same place. John Osborne, a regular attender at Christ Our Hope, needed help in his shop. Dick didn't have any woodworking, so he began working in Jon's metal shop in February. I began doing clerical work in Jon's office in March. God provided help for Jon and income for us. A sweet union ordained by God. We will continue to work with Jon unless God should open doors to do something else.

We are in good health and doing fine. Finally enjoying some warm weather. Enjoying our granddaughter Claire. She's a sweet bundle of joy.

Love, hugs and kisses to all who enter our blog!!

Condo Condition

Dick has spent more time getting our Condo in shape to put it on the market for sale. I thought it would be a good time to take more pictures. Here are some evening shots that shows how things look today.

Living Room:

Dining Room:

Kitchen:

Bathroom:

Bedroom:

Aunt Mimi's Pictures

You have to check out Aunt Mimi's pictures of Miss Claire. Amie has an amazing talent that is shown in her pictures. Take a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/amiebug/page1/. You must click through her pages of photos to see more extensively the gift/talent God has given her. Here's a sample!