On Wednesday Dec 17th, we got our first snow fall of the season. It doesn't usually snow this much here, but it is cold enough that the snow kept coming and the snow has stuck around. We are on day 4 of snow, and more is expected. We are under a storm watch tonight and could get as much of a foot of snow tonight and freezing rain in the morning.

3 day old snowman. He has tipped a little, but so far he isn't going anywhere.
Our neighbors have been doing a good job at keeping their sidewalks clear. I think they are sharing a snow shovel between the three of them. Sadly, they don't really sell snow shovels here, so we are making due with a flat regular shovel.
Duke (Black Lab/Rot Mix) and Pippin (Shar Pei/Shepard Mix) are LOVING the snow. They get out to play in it every chance they can get.





Josephine will only go in the snow if she is in this sled. Doug takes every chance he can get and runs down the street with her.




Again, I need to thank Laura and Tori for the wonderful snow boots and coat. They are perfect for this weather, and I would have never thought of buying them myself this year because, well . . . . it doesn't get that cold here. I even went out and got myself a pair of boots yesterday, since I can definitely use them.

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Snow Day Continued

This is the only video camera that we have that will upload to our computer. No sound and the quality is not very good.

Here's a look at Josephine and Doug playing in the snow.

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Snow Day!

We hardly ever get snow here in Western Washington, but today has been a great snow day. Thanks to Laura and Tori, Josephine sported a parka and boots to go out and play in the snow.

Since it is a snow day, all activities have been canceled.

Instead, we made play doh and played in the snow.

Josephine has also watched the entire movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

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3 Years!

It's been 3 years now, that Josephine has been able to visit Santa.

The first visit to Santa was on Christmas Eve 2006. If you are good at math, Josephine was less then 10 days old. This was one of our first official outings.
The second visit to Santa was before her birthday, in 2007. We went to the South Hill Mall in Puyallup for this one. Josephine was not exactly pleased to be on this guys lap, but we got a picture of them together without her crying. Josephine was barely 1 in this picture.
I am not the mom who tortures their kid at Christmas time to get the Santa picture, well I am, but I don't want to see Josephine crying. So we were prepared for the worst, and decided to get a family picture. Josephine was scared of Santa the minute he walked in. I have been talking him up for the last month, but Josephine wanted nothing to do with him.

In the end, Josephine said "Thank you" for her toy, and "bye-bye" as we walked away. So, it wasn't too traumatic for her.

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Some things just have to be shared!

This story is priceless!


Confessions of a Pioneer Woman

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December 6th was our first Christmas Party of the season. It started out at Mandy and Steve Sheet's house in Covington. Instead of a Christmas Tree, they had a Holiday Palm Tree (which is not a bad idea, because all the presents fit under the tree). We left Josephine at home with her brother Jerry for the evening.


The party had contests, and one of them was "Festive Holiday Costume." Here is Santa, this guy was dressed like this all night. Once in a while he had a PBR in his hand. (For those of you who don't know, that stands for Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer).


This little guy is Tegan. He was the youngest party guest (15 months old). He was stuck to me like glue the entire night.


There was a gift exchange, and one of the rules required the receiver to wear what ever they opened. Sunshine was lucky enough to open Batman and Stewey underwear.




Sunshine modeled her gift.












There was tons, and tons of food at the party. Most foods had a theme, like food on a stick and food inside a food.

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Time to get a Christmas Tree

This is Josephine's first year to hunt for a Christmas tree. I dressed her in the warmest outfit she would let me put on her, and away we went.
We went to Hunters Tree Farm off of Yelm Highway. Inside the barn there were pgymy goats, pot bellied pigs, and one Turkey. Josephine now knows what a Turkey is supposed to say!


The tractor ride dropped us off in the middle of all different kinds of trees. Too bad we don't know a what kind of tree we were looking for. So we wondered around for a while.
And kept looking for something we liked.
We got this little beauty. A 6 foot spruce. Here is Doug trimming the bottom.
We decided to walk back to the main area instead of wait for a tractor. Josephine had to help.

The next morning Josephine helped us decorate the tree. She studied each placement of the ornaments.

The finished product!

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