Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

I’m getting this one on quickly, because we are supposed to be hit with a major snow/wind storm this weekend. Snow is awesome. We’ve had several days of snow around here and we aren’t done. We are also being hit by pretty cold temps, but not as bad as our families in Wasilla, Alaska and Malta, Montana are having right now. Our first snowfall came on Sunday the 14th. You could barely see the snow coming down, but you could see our neighbor’s roof has some white stuff on it:



Three hours later we had a thin blanket on our front lawn:



My Tuesday Night Bible Study, decided that this past Tuesday (Dec. 16) we would go Christmas Caroling at one of the nursing homes in town. Here’s a great picture of our group. Left to right are Brian (with baby Abee), Mark, Eric, Tom, Nate, Lisa, Michelle, Melissa, Kristin, Sean (in back playing guitar), and Lucas:



After singing, we went back to Brian and Melissa’s for English Muffin Pizzas (I just had an English Muffin with jam though) and then we did a White Elephant Gift Exchange. Here’s some pizza making pics:

Mark:



Eric:



Melis:



Brian and Abee:



Lisa and Abee:



The gift that I brought was very popular with Abee. She loved to hand out the candy to all. Mark opened it first and Eric ended up with in the end:



The next snow we had fell before the morning of December 17th. I got these pictures before work. Backyard picnic table:



Front Yard:



By the time I came home for lunch, we had this much snow on the picnic table:



Lunchtime in the front yard:



We were allowed to go home early Wednesday through Friday, so I took advantage of it. Here’s the picnic table around 5 pm that same afternoon:



I then had some fun and built a small snowman. Our neighbors on both sides of the end of our street built two snowmen and they were much better than mine. It was getting dark and I was working by myself and in a hurry, so I didn’t make it much bigger. Here’s my beautiful work:



Here’s our front yard from the street:



The next evening, i actually went out and measured it. Here’s what it looked like before the measuring. Isn’t it so awesome:



It measured just over 5 inches:



I went to the middle of our backyard to see and it was almost 9 inches there:



Lastly, I went to the front yard and stuck the stick in the middle of the yard:



More pictures from our weekend storm coming soon.....

Florida--More Pictures

I know that while we were in Florida, Uncle Jim took some pictures of us that I didn’t have. Because of schedules, vacations, hurricanes, and time, I wasn’t able to get them. At the end of October, my Grandpa (Dad’s dad) passed away, so Mom and I had to make an unexpected trip to Michigan for his funeral. My aunt and uncle were there, so in the midst of everything, I asked my uncle if I could transfer his photos. Since I had posted most of our trip, I decided to just add another post with just his pictures.

While touring the Naval Museum, we spotted a replica of the Navy ship that Uncle Jim served on.



Uncle Jim took our picture in front of one of the planes:



In my post, I had a picture of a Navy ceremony that we watched. We don’t know what it was for, but I thought I heard someone mention something about honoring them for their work in the community. The first one was taken before the actual ceremony and the second one is right after the Color Guard made it to the front of the room:





Aunt Diane (left) and Mom resting in some old plane seats while touring the museum:



Having lunch at the Shrimp Basket at Perdido Keys:



At the Gulf of Mexico in Gulf Shores, Alabama:







Mom (taking a picture) and Aunt Diane next to the Gulf:



The four of us at the Gulf:



That night we took some pictures in the backyard. I had posted pictures from that time, but I hadn’t taken one of the four of us. Here’s Uncle Jim’s photo:



Here’s two of Uncle Jim’s photos from the Blue Angels:





Uncle Jim was far enough away, so he took our picture as we got ready for our walk through Fat Albert:



While we walked through, Uncle Jim took a great picture of the tail:



As we came out of the back:



Uncle Jim got a picture of us near one of the cannons at Fort Barrancas:



Mom and Aunt Diane on the walkway to Navarre Beach:



I’ll end with the one thing that I loved to do while we were on our trip. Putting my feet in the warm water:



This concludes our Houston and Florida trip. Thanks for bearing with me on this long journey of posting. Now I can get to my summer fun of softball, baseball, sun, and fun!!!

Just to note: Tonight there are reports that one of my favorite Mariners was traded to the Mets along with one of our best Closers (JJ Putz). So, so long Jeremy. :-( I'll post some pictures of him that I took this summer, but not tonight.