Could we get any more snow...they are saying yes...

Well just to catch some of you out of towners up on the snow in Spokane...
I just read that our average snow fall in our snowest month, January, is about 13 inches. Well on the 17th and 18th of this month we hit a new 24 hour record - over 17 inches!! Did it stop there??? NO, it kept on going. Over 24 inches in that first storm. My parents couldn't get into town since the airport shut down, I got two extra days of vacation since schools shut down, and we are now battling over 4 feet of snow. Spokane almost tied the record for most snowfall in a season last year - over 92 inches...what will happen this year? All I know is that it was not like this any of the years I was in college! Enjoy the pictures.

We went for a walk in our neighborhood after they finally plowed the streets. This was the sidewalk in front our our house to get to the back streets to be able to walk. I could push the stroller through since the snow is so light and not yet a frozen chunk of ice.

This is what many of the neighborhoods look like. Well except that many still have cars that are burried and not showing at all.

These are two cars waiting for their owners to get back to college at Whitworth. Won't they have a suprise?

More waiting cars.

We went for a drive on the Whitworth campus - this is one of the dorms. I have never seen anything like this. It was really amazing to see the size of these icicles.

Walking downtown Christmas Eve day.

This is how they removed the snow they plowed to the center of the street downtown. Good thing they trucked it all out since we went down there the next day and it was all plowed back into the center of the roads. The trucks were filling up in just a few minutes of the plow blowing into it.

Down the street from our house when we thought it was bad...we have gotten at least another foot by now.

The sign says, "Beat the snow rush. Get snow tires on now!" Well this was here after we got around 20 inches in a little over 24 hours....

Our backyard.

Our backyard.

This is Bobby's second job - snowblowing and shoveling - too bad it doesn't pay - we would be rich with how much time he has been out there.

Mia Loves her dog!

We couldn't have asked for a more patient, loving, and good natured dog to have with Mia. Since Mia loves to climb on Daisy any chance she can get, Daisy has to have these qulities. She puts up with Mia pulling her hair to climb up on her, patting her, and just rubbing on her! It is cute.

Shelby and Mia Christmas Pictures

We went to the Davenport Hotel to take some pictures. I really like how they turned out. This is such a beautiful old hotel and it looks so great at Christmas time.

Seattle Trip at Thanksgiving

Seattle is such a fun city! We are so glad that we got the chance to take Shelby and Mia and spend some time over there. We hope to be able to make this trip every year after Thanksgiving.
Shelby, Mia, and Lindsay walking down by the water front.

Shelby in front of the original Starbucks in Pike's Market Place.

We went on the Duck Tour! It was a lot of fun and we learned a lot about the city.

Macy's Christmas Tree - our hotel was right down the street and we almost couldn't make it back since there were a zillion people in the streets for the lighting! They didn't put off the fireworks, however, due to too much wind.

Random November Pictures

Mia loves to make music and knows just what to do when we tell her to

"pat, pat" her piano. She will "pat pat" just about anything, though!

Here is Mia and Daddy with her favorite toy - her little push car. She loves

to climb up on it and push it. Right now she pushes it so hard she is having

a hard time keeping up behind it. It is funny, though, since she can push it

forward, backwards, and sideways. She just discovered there is a secret place

for her to put things in. Thanks Grammie and Nonno for this one!

Determined Face

Ops...Never Got these Halloween Pics Up

Have you ever seen such a cute chicken? I haven't!!

All our baby friends born this last year.