Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!! I hope ya'll had a safe and happy holiday!

Monday night Nate, Kaiden and I went to a hockey game, followed by indoor fireworks! Kaiden was mesmerized, and despite one meltdown midgame, had a great time!! Of course, our team won 3-0!! :) After the fireworks we came home, where I promptly fell asleep, and missed the ball dropping. Darn!

We started off the new year in quite a SNOWY fashion! After a snowstorm that brought us about 6" new years eve morning, we were greeted to 2008 with ANOTHER storm, which dropped yet ANOTHER foot of the white stuff! Snow is up to the windows, snowbanks in our yard are higher than the cars, and our mailbox has all but disappeared! Winter has just started, and I can't wait for it to be over!

Out the office window...

Where'd the mailbox go?!?

Out the livingroom window...

Gotta love snowbanks as high as the car!

What a crazy weekend!

This weekend we went up to camp for what will probably be the last time before Gram puts it on the market. Zach, the twins, Kaiden and myself drove up Thursday afternoon/evening. Thankfully it was an uneventful ride, and we saw 4 deer on the drive up! Friday morning Zach was downstairs with the twins and they saw a doe with her twin fawns in the yard! Too cool!

We spent most of the day at camp, since we were waiting for Nate to arrive, then Mom and Robert to arrive, since nobody else had a key into camp. Though, it also didn't help that we'd managed to completely blow out a tire on the dirt road into camp the night before!

Friday night Zach, Nate and myself went out looking for moose, and saw a bunch, including a cow and calf that were practically strolling down the road next to our car. Unfortunately, it was pretty dark out by this time, so I wasn't able to get a decent picture. Still cool!

Saturday morning we spent in camp, since Mom and Robert had taken our car to Newport (2 hours away!) to get a new tired for the van. After they got back we (Zach, Nate and myself) went in town to get some of the best fudge ever from the corner store, then took a hike up to the crashed B-52 on Elephant Mtn. It was the first time Zach had been to the site, so that was really interesting. While we were out, Robert went fishing with the twins, while Mom watched after Kaiden.

That night we all went out looking for moose and wound up discovering some cool new sites, including a big electric dam! We also saw a bull moose, fox, and a ton of rabbits. While we were doing this, Nate and Zach drove to Spencer Pond to go fishing. On the way back, THEY blew a tire! Thankfully a tire repair kit was available at the trading post, and the tire held up until we hit Newport on the way home. There he stopped and had the tire changed while we went ahead home in the van.

Thankfully the weather was AWESOME all weekend, and despite the two blown tires and related frustration, it was a pretty good weekend! I'm hoping we will be able to go up at least once more before it is sold, it really is my sanctuary up there.

Pictures will be coming soon!

It's time to MOVE...!

Kaiden is getting SO mobile! He's been rolling both ways for some time now, but he's now scooting all over the place, pulling himself up, and is VERY close to crawling! He's gets into position, but can't quite figure out how to move his legs. It won't be long, and I'm sure it will be quite interesting trying to keep up with him! It's quite amusing trying to get a clean prefold on him too!

We've had a week of great weather so far, it's been wonderful! It was 81 on Monday, and in the 60s all week. Friday we're supposed to get showers, but then it's nice again. It feels so great to be able to get yard work done. About half the yard is raked up, and we're hopefully doing another burn tonight to get rid of some more brush. Next on the agenda, deciding what we're going to do about planting grass! I'd love to get some plugs, but we may wind up having to do just a section at a time due to the cost. I just want an area where I can feel safe letting Kaiden play on the ground!

Here are a few more recent pics of K. He's already 22 pounds, and he's not even 9 months old yet! Makes me SO glad I have my Mei Tei, I can wear him effortlessly, it feels like nothing!

Almost there!


Mohawk boy!





He *loves* digging in the dirt!



Moo!

Good weather, good friends!

Today was the first truly beautiful day we've had this year. It was sunny out, with just a little breeze, and nice and warm - about 70F! This definitely makes up for the 15+ inches of snow we've had just this month! It's supposed to be just as nice tomorrow, and near 80F on Monday! What a great weekend to clean up after the big storm we had this week! We were without power for two days, but thankfully the basement didn't even get damp, impressive considering we had over 5" of rain!

Considering the nice weather, and the large amount of brush we need to burn from having 5 large pines removed recently, we thought it would be a great chance to have a BBQ and bonfire. We invited a bunch of friends and family, and had a great day of it! Nate manned the grill, we had dogs and burgers of course, and some really good bbq chicken and ribs with homemade bbq sauce. Yum!

We managed to clear some of the brush, and got about half of the yard raked up. All in all, a very productive day, and so much fun! Spending the day with a bunch of friends, with good food and good weather. Can't get better than that!

Is March over yet...?

Dear Weatherman,

It has recently come to my attention that you've been the root of a rather cruel joke. You've been a wonderful man to us all winter, giving us mild temperatures and sparing us from blizzards. Earlier this month, someone must have really pissed you off... We were frozen stiff with record cold temperatures, colder even than we'd seen all winter. It was very cruel, and unappreciated!

Thankfully, you relaxed and warmed us back up. Things were a typical March here, until this week. Did someone bribe you for us to receive such nice weather? I've been loving the near 60 temperatures, and the rapidly disappearing snow. I was all set to deliver an amazing gift of chocolates and a new weather pointer stick to your office.

Then I saw the forecast... Why oh WHY are you being so cruel? SNOW? A FOOT of snow?! You do realize it's almost April, right? I can only hope you're seeking the proper medical help. Perhaps they've diagnosed you with multiple personality disorder? I really do think medication is in order, or perhaps a public flogging. In the meantime, I'll be here, waiting for your next mood swing and some warm weather.

Signed...
Anxiously Awaiting April!