SNOW DAY

Last Monday, we woke to a dusting of snow. In Seattle, that is enough to cancel school (at least for Michael).  By Tuesday we did have 3 inches.  It is rare to ever see snow in November (last time was 1985) and as usually, Seattle is completely overwhelmed and shuts down.  But it does mean no school, no work for Mom, few cars on the road and we took advantage and had a SNOW DAY.

In addition to the snow, we have a leak in our water main which made our street literally a solid sheet of ice (it still not fixed!!)

"Mom, a hat will ruin my hair.  Besides, it's not like I'm going to play in the snow or anything!"

Maybe a Christmas card shot?

Guess who won this race?

NO SCHOOL!!!

 Remember making snow angels?

Kodiak will do anything for a treat.

Maybe we should have put away the summer toys....

...or at least put a cover on them. Oops.

Kodiak First Snow

Although Kodiak is almost 2 yrs old, he has not seen snow since he left Alaska at 11 weeks (we just didn't get any last year).  So last Monday when we woke up to snow, I thought he'd be thrilled.  I ran downstairs, opened the door and....he just stood there.  He looked at me, then at the snow, back at me and turned around and walked into the house.  Really?! I later got dressed and made him go back out.  He sniffed around, alot,  and then slowly started to trot and then eventually ran and ran and ran and after awhile, we couldn't get him back in the house.

What is this stuff??

Is there something on my face?

Squirrel?

Since no cars, no leash!!!

After all that playing, I'm exhaused.

Let it Rain

Yes it rains in Seattle but without the rain...no rainbows.  This was a recent shot from our deck.

Kids Swim Meet

Emily and Micheal had their second meet of the season last week.  They both did very well with several best times.  Emily was really excited that she finally broke 1 minute in the 100 Free!!!



Kodiak

Here are a few recent pictures of Kodiak. He'll be 2 in January.

Halloween

Michael went as Michael Phelps this year for Halloween. (Emily spent the night at a friend's house and got dressed there too so no pictures this year)

Mt Rainier on a clear November day

Final boat ride

We've all heard the old saying, "the 2 best days of a man's life are the day he buys a boat... and the day he sells it." Well, we managed to do both in the same day.  We have sold our Cobalt and will be getting a Malibu (currently being made somewhere in California) so Paul can "get more air" when he wake boards.  Here are some pictures from last weekend, a bit of a "final sailing" in the Cobalt.

Michael gets his Black Belt

On October 21, 2010, Michael got his black belt in Tae Kwondo.

It took three year and alot of hard work but well worth it.

All those levels to get through