Snow, Snow, and more Snow

Well, we have had a very busy winter. I have not posted in a long time, sorry. We have had record snow fall this winter. These are pictures of my dad and Judys house. They have way more snow then we do here in Post Falls. I think total we have about 10 inches. The snow is now melting because the temps are in the 40's. What a mess. The boys are loving it though!! They sled down our hill and love snow ball fights. We go skiing every Friday at Mt. Spokane with the homeschool group. Josh is learning too. He likes it. Justin loves it.

The snow is gone

The snow is gone :( Here are some cute pictures that I took of the boys the first day it snowed. They had such fun! But it rained and the temp got up to the 50's which is a heat wave here. Now the sun is out and it is back to the 30's. So the next storm we should get more snow. Of course I may be in California by then enjoying the sunny warm weather. Yeah! We can't wait. See you soon.

Music

Sat. Dec. 1st Joshua was in his first music recital. It was so cute. There are 6 kids in the class and we (the kids and moms) got up on stage and sang 2 songs and played the hand bells. Mark recorded it for us. I will post pictures when I am home. It was cute. The school has 800 kids, so the recital is in blocks of 1 hour times. We were the first hour and stayed to listen to some of the older kids play. Justin enjoyed it and Mark said he was impressed with the kids talent. Then we went home and watched movies. It was snowing and is still snowing. Can't wait to drive home in it, ha, ha, ha.

Snow,snow,snow

Well I have heard around town that we are in for a lot of snow this winter, and I think they are right. We had about 1 1/2 inches last week and now it has snowed off and on for the last 2 days. I thankfully already have my snow tires on. It just makes me feel better to have them. Last week I actually slide down my driveway and almost hit a pole. I am from California after all! That was before we got the snow tires on. The next day we had to get up at 6am to get to the Altons tire store. Everyone else waited until the last mintue too!! So this week no sliding!!
The kids are loving to snow. We had to go out at 8am to play in it the first day we got the inch of snow. I am at work right now or I would upload the pictures. The boys mostly love the sled down our hill. Even Josh. He really likes the snow, which he hated last year. So we have snow suits spread all over the house, gloves and jackets too. They are outside at least once a day if not twice. Shadow loves the snow too. He loves to dig in it!
I can't wait to get to California to see everyone. I look forward to the sun and warm weather. I am enjoying the snow, but it will last until March, so I know that I am not missing anything by visiting sunny CA.
Hope all is well!

The first snow

We have had our first snow today. It wasn't much and is already gone, but it is my signal that I need to get out the big jackets. I love the first snow (even if it only makes mud). It is the sign that winter is here and it is time to snuggle down and watch the winter go by. Time for hot chocolate with marshmallows (the kids favorite). I love the way our valley looks all white and the trees all covered in white. And Christmas is coming which is exciting. Especially this year because we are heading to California for the first time since we moved here. Yeah. I know that by the time we get there I will be looking forward the the sun and warm weather!! What I am really looking forward to is seeing all our family and friends. Yeah!!

It wasn't pneumonia

Well it turns out that Justin didn't have pneumonia. He had a really bad asthma attack. I thought we were done with asthma. You know how you always hear "he will grow out of it!" Well, I thought that had happened, but it has not!! Oh well. So he is on a medication for one month that has been helping. And everything he got for the pneumonia treatment works for the asthma too, except the antibiotics, which he didn't need. So we continue down the asthma road and now I know it is not over! :)

Star Wars party

On Nov. 10th Justin turned 7 and we had a Star Wars party at our house. It was a lot of fun for the kids. As you can see we had quite a few kids there. Justin invited his cub scout wolf pack and Jacob who he has been friends with since we first got here. Then some of the siblings came too. I think in all we had 19 kids that day. It was the event! We had Jedi training - they ran an obstacle course in the garage, we played pin the lightsabor on Darth Mal, and guess the name of the Star Wars character. The cake came out cute, we decorated a Costco cake with star wars action figures we had here. It was the hardest party I have ever done, because there was so much going on all the time. But everyone said they had fun, so I guess that is what counts.