Winter Trip

Chris had his IWCA (International Window Cleaners Assoc) conference again this year. We headed out to San Diego on Valentines day. We got to hang out in the warm weather for a week. It was super warm, well except for the water, which Connor and I felt when we got nailed by a big wave down near the mexican border. Chris just laughed from the rocks.

We headed up to LA on Sunday and met up with Peter. We drove around LA for the day and got to see the Hollywood sign. It was really cool up in the mountains there. We went up to the observatory, it's really cool and has amazing views. We went to Santa Monica peer and back to West Hollywood. We packed a whole lot into one day, but when are we ever going to go back! I go to see the outside of LA Ink (one of my favorite shows).

We went to SeaWorld, the Zoo and went whale watching. I will upload a video from that later. The Zoo was amazing. All the animals! I loved it. Tons of walking, but it's really worth it.

On the last night with Peter we went out to dinner on the bay. The food was awesome and the view was great. Here are some pics.

Youth Frontiers

If you have ever been interested in the awesome and wacky people I work with... her you go!

Our insane dog!

We went up to the cabin after Thanksgiving. We haven't been up there since this summer. It was chilly up in Cross Lake, but it was great to settle under a blanket and read my book. Bear was not so sure he liked the colder weather, but he liked getting to sleep in the cabin. Grandpa took Bear on lots of walks, which Bear loves because he does not need to wear his gentle leader or have a leash up at the cabin.


Saturday afternoon, Bear decided it would be fun to go SWIMMING in the lake, with the ice. There were sheets of ice floating in the lake. Bear tried to get up on one and ended up in the lake up to his head. He didn't like that much. He really liked to take chunks of ice out of the lake and bring them to me. I was not fond of that game!









He has gotten so big! Nearly 70 pounds now. He is a big lover and loves to play with all of us. Although, he tries to eat Gus!!

Harry Potter 6 Music!

Memorial Day Weekend

So we had the awesome privilege to have Cora and Sophie join us at the cabin over Memorial day weekend. As Lowell put it best "wow, this cabin is louder this weekend.... it's fun!" Lowell liked having someone that just wanted to hang out in the kitchen and talk, and talk, and talk with him. Cora was very happy too. We all know she loves to chat!

Fishing, wading in the water, yelling at the dog, kicking our feet in the water, that sums up our weekend. Friday we get up to the cabin (Emily, Cora and Sophie). We decided to take Bear for a walk down to the beach, poor boy had been in the kennel almost all day. The next think I know, Sophie is walking in the water! Oh well, could be worse, the lake isn't frozen anymore... at least.... not solid. The water was SO COLD, but of course, the 5 yr old and the 3 yr old did not notice. They were having a great time wading around looking for rocks and shells. Sophie kept picking up a rock and say "for Mommy". It was so cute!!

The next big adventure was fishing. As you can see Sophie thought it was the best thing ever. As she tries to kiss her fish that was jumping around on the line. We had to bring a bucket down so that Sophie could keep one, or two or three. Again "for Mommy". Cora and Sophie each caught about 4 fish. It was a ton of fun!


Sunday we got to go for a boat ride! Cora and Sophie thought it was great. Lowell was the hero of the day, allowing Cora to drive the boat! She was awesome at zigzagging!

Their new friend is "Uncle Brent". Chris' long time friend, Brent, came up to the cabin too. He got undivided attention from the girls. They were, thanks to Uncle Chris, also his alarm clock (tickle clock).

All in all it was an awesome weekend... and we liked it not bee too quiet.

Connor gets 1st Place!

Way to go CONNOR!! Last week Connor competed in the Neil Elementary track and field day. He got 1st place and qualified to go to the 5th grade district track and field day to compete against 5th grades from the entire district. So we went to Armstrong High School today to see him compete. He did an AWESOME job! The teacher that was helping even complimented him on his form!
Look at him go!


He got FIRST PLACE!! Pushing the shot put to just over 33 ft! Way to go Connor!! We are so proud of you, you worked so hard for this! Congratulations!

Happy Birthday Chris

Happy Birthday Chris!

We had a great dinner last night, hanging out at Lowell's house. Great food and family! Also, a barking dog!