Enough Already!

I never have been much of a snow freak, I like to watch it but then it is supposed to be gone when I want to go somewhere. But here are a few more pictures. This one was taken at 9:30 p.m. last night. You can barely see the tip of my handy blue ruler.

It started snowing again today. Oh joy! I had to give up on the ruler and go with the yardstick. Not a lot of difference showing on the table but that is because some of the snow blew off of it today before it started snowing again. I have another measurement area where I am keeping track of what fell today. Starting at 1:30 p.m., it has added another 2 inches. Forecast is for 2-6" tonight. ENOUGH ALREADY!

Winter wonderland. Not looking quite so wonderful to me anymore, but I guess it is a little bit pretty. = )

This really needs to get done soon. There is not a single present under my tree! It is either in transit (UPS cannot even dream of getting to our house), or it has not been purchased yet. Yikes!

Snow pics from Thursday

Here are just a few pictures of snow around our house. I haven't been home during daylight hours the last few days so I was not able to take any pictures, Erik took all but the first one. Hopefully, tomorrow I will be able to catch a lot more since I am home all day and it is supposed to snow plenty before turning to freezing rain in the middle of the night. This first picture was from Friday morning before I caught my ride to work.

Here's Seth on Thursday playing in the snow:

And Lacey enjoying some big flakes:

You may need to click on this picture to zoom in on the squirrel hanging from the shepards hook. There was a pinecone with peanut butter and bird seed hanging from it, but apparently he had successfully liberated the pinecone for his own enjoyment.

Pictures via Lacey

I found these pictures on Lacey's camera and thought I would share. Lacey loves to play with the timer feature on her camera and here she is catching pics of herself peeking around the Christmas tree. I don't think I would have thought of taking a Christmas tree picture in black and white, but I kind of like it.

She also caught these pictures of Lily and Chloe. I love the way Chloe looks like the giant Pug on the attack -- kind of like King Kong. = ) Her paws appear enormous!

Zoo + Lights + Baby Elephants = FUN!

We have had a very busy weekend, with plenty of holiday lights and fun. Despite the threat of rain, we went to ZooLights in Portland.

It rained like crazy while our group of 20 ate a great meal at BJ's Restaurant. Nothing like having 10 adults and 10 kids and going to a restaurant together! It went very well with absolutely no problems -- if we don't count Logan's near miss at practicing knife throwing! Good thing Jennifer had that incredible Mommy speed and thwarted the near disaster.

There was no way we could go to the zoo without visiting the newest member -- Sumadra. He is adorable and he was being quite a clown tonight. Flash photography was discouraged, but I did get this cute picture of him and then took a video because he was being so adorable. Isn't he the cutest 614 pounds you have ever seen?

The eagles were quite regal tonight too. This picture is only zoomed a tiny bit, he was only about six feet away. Beau-ti-ful!

Baldy and his buddy. They almost look like statues.

Oh yeah....zoolights....that is why we went after all.

Here the crocodiles and hippos are hanging out together in the yard.

Seth had to have his picture with the Christmas Cow. Don't ask, I have no idea what significance a Christmas Cow has, but he was there and Seth liked him. = ) Probably because he was taller that it!

Lacey giving me a "face" instead of her pretty one. Seth, on the other hand, is actually trying to figure out which wheel I set the brake on the stroller because Lacey is perched on a hill and he thought sailing her down the hill might be a great idea. (He never found the correct wheel so Lacey was saved!). What are brothers for anyway?

MyLeigh was all bundled up getting her pic taken in front of the Gingerbread House. Underneath all of that is a little 20 pound bundle of fun, she looks mighty cozy.

ZooLights were pretty as always, the rain held off for 99% of the night, we got a slight sprinkle soon after going in the entrance but that was it. Temp was about 46 degrees which is significantly warmer than last year when it was freezing and threatening snow. I'll do the ZooLights with the threat of rain any day -- we literally had the zoo to ourselves for the first hour. We were done and gone before the crowds really started.

On Saturday, 14 of the same group gathered for the local parade. Logan is getting an overhead view of the fun here with his dad. The parade was a whopping hour and half with about 100 entrants.

Seth watched from the chair only briefly until he decided to collect some of the candy that was being offered.

Lacey sporting her Santa hat that she got during a train ride earlier in the day with Great Grandma Lila. Missy and MyLeigh are both drawn to Lacey like magnets so it's not surprising to find them like this.

And, here's the prize for the most beautiful eyes, of course a boy would get them! Even though he was fighting off the remains of an eye infection, they are still drop dead gorgeous!