The Snow Is Falling

Winter has finally arrived!  The white stuff has graced us, and no, we are not in need of Head & Shoulders, it is SNOWING.  We spent the weekend up in Cle Elum where we got a ton of snow, and then got excited when we got back to Seattle and the snow was still falling!

White out!

And what do you do when you get back to Seattle on a Sunday and it is snowing?  Well, head to the Tavern  of course.  I mean, we are pretty sure we aren't working tomorrow, right??  Hmm....at least we hope so.

Good Times of 2011

2011 was one of the best years yet...well, I might be a little biased because I only had a little thing called a WEDDING last year!  There were also some other great memories, as you can see below:

Getting crabby...An incredible crab feast over MLK weekend on the Oregon Coast

"Hello? Hello? Anyone there?.." Frank continually using his shoe as his phone on his birthday

Stunning Sun Valley with two of my favorite ladies (and their men)

Jemima (Jemmy) joined the family after Jet (my long-time Jetta) was totaled

Ladies weekend!!  Washington D.C. with my Sis and Mom to celebrate my Mom's big birthday (21 years old!)

Who says there is never nice weather on the OR coast??  Here is proof of blue sky and sun on Memorial Day weekend

My favorite ladies in Austin for my unbelievable bachelorette party

Bocce Ball while sipping vino in Sonoma

Also Sonoma - In between wine tastes stumbled across this tiny chair

True paradise - Fiji for the honeymoon

Oh yeah, 80's baby!  Halloween 2011

Jingle Bell Dash 2011

And, am I saving the best for last? you ask.  Well, of course!

What a year!

Adios 2011, Hello 2012!

It was a great Christmas and New Year's.  Lots of good laughs with family and friends...and probably too much champagne was consumed.  But hey, it was all in good fun, right?

And, I got a new camera out of this whole holiday deal, so the adventures will be even more clear here!

Welcome 2012; it's going to be a great year!

Rainless in Seattle?

Seattle really does deserve a large round of applause and a big THANK YOU from all Seattlites for the great weather we have had in November and December.

In fact, we have only received .25" of rain so far in December, when the average is a little over three inches (komonews.com) - Wow!



















Keep this weather coming, Seattle weather gods...but you can send a white Christmas.  Those are really fun.

Santa Baby

"You can say there's no such thing as Santa, but as for me and Frank, we believe!"

No, Grandma did not get run over by a reindeer, but we did find Santa and told him a few things on our lists that he could start working on.

On Dasher...

I, along with about 10,000, other Seattlites gathered downtown bright and early this morning for The Jingle Bell Dash.

Costumes were encouraged and jingle bells were provided so everyone was jingling!

And the weather gods again granted us with a dry morning, so it was a great run!

Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Christmas has arrived in our house!  It was a weekend filled with Christmas parties, but best of all we got our tree and hung the stockings.  More garland on the mantle and outside lights to come.

Coming home from the grandiose tree farm (aka Fred Meyer)

Loves his tree

 Yes, we bought the tree wrapped in twine because we love living on the edge with no idea of what she will really look like.

Before

Our Shining Beauty

So, yes, her right hip juts out a bit, and there may just be a large hole or two on her backside, but it gives her character.

The stocking hung by the fire with care (and Mrs. Rudolph watching over)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas/Hanukkah!