Snow pictures!

This was taken on 12-19-08

This is the same tree taken this morning.

This is one of our trees out front.
Again, on 12-19

And the same tree, this morning!

Here's some random pictures of our yard.

PNW Snow 2008!

So we were pounded with snow last night. (Not pounded by most of this country's standards by any means, but defanately pounded by ours, haha!) Whitney had to work grave yard at the Latte stand last night so when she got off work this morning she called me in hysterics about how the hell was she supposed to get home, because all of the roads were totally iced over. I told her to just go very slow and no matter what, don't slam on her breaks. She calls about an hour later, she's about a half a mile from home, at the fire station and she can't go any further. Cars are just stopped everywhere because, you know, we're not used to all of this ice and snow! So James agrees to go get her from the fire station on the quad. Between our house and the fire station is a pretty large hill, and there's no way we'll get up or down it with out chains, even in the Blazer because 4 wheel drive does just about as well on ice as bald tires.
We all know what a girly girl Whitney is! She hates the quad, she hates snow, she hates getting wet. So I just had to video her and James coming up the driveway, and James had to throw in his own little flair, ofcourse, just for Whitney's sake, hehe!


Here's a few other pictures I took this morning of our beautiful landscape!
Grammy and Papa, do you wish you were here? WE SURE DO!

Christmas lights, our Christmas Tree and an update on JJ's broken thumb.

James totally outdid himself this year with the outdoor lights on our house. He worked for 3 days straight and after 3 separate trips to Walmart, he finally got it perfect! He did a wonderful job! Unfortunately, I just realized that the lights around the living room windows weren't on for this picture, so I'll have to take more pictures.




Our Tree!




I took JJ back to the Orthopedic Specialist on Monday to have his thumb rechecked. JJ had his heart set on getting that cast off and being done with it. Well, I tried to warn him that it might not happen that way, that they might xray it and see that it hadn't healed 100% yet and put him in another cast. Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened. It's healing nicely, but it's just not 100& yet, and with a kid as active as JJ is, it's better to be safe than sorry. So he has another 3 weeks to go. Poor kid was in tears!


And last but not least, here is Miss Whitney, taking a picture off JJ, taking a picture of her, haha!

JJ's latest Boo-Boo!

I got a call today from Mikey and JJ's school. They have JJ in the nurses office and they think he may have broken his thumb. He was playing football and, as he says, was going for the interception and jammed his thumb into the ground. He said it was bent way back and he couldn't move it so he pulled on it and heard a loud "Crunch!" and then it started hurting really bad. So I took him in to Urgent Care, and sure enough, it's broke! They splinted it and gave me the number of an Orthopedic Specialist and told me to call right away since it was already Thursday and they probably wouldn't be able to fit him in to the schedule for a few days. So I called, and luckily they told me that if I could have him there in 15 minutes, they could squeeze him in. So off we ran and got there just in time. The Orthopedic Specialist agreed that it was infact broken and they were able to cast him right then and there. Thank God, it isn't a really bad break, meaning he won't need surgery or pins etc. and the break isn't near his growth plates so he shouldn't have any further problems once it heals. On the way home he told me, "At least I got the interception!!"
Can somebody please get us a plastic bubble for this child? ASAP!