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First Christmas

December 26, 2008
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Chris finally made it home Christmas morning. YAY! It snowed all day and we celebrated with a Christmas meal I made and presents. I made a Ham, some Baked Macaroni and Cheese, Ranch Potatoes, and Italian Cheese and Olive Bread. It was so yummy. Penelope even ate the same thing! Mmmm Diet food! :p I got an...

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Merry Christmas

December 24, 2008
Well, Chris' flight out of Prudhoe Bay was delayed which caused him to miss his other flights. So currently he is on route to be home tomorrow morning. At least he will get be here on Christmas day. We decided against driving to Reedsport because he will be exhausted and just wants to get home and relax. It's kinda sad that we won't...

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Snowed In...

December 21, 2008
It snowed again last night and it is pretty deep. The temperature is suppose to stay below freezing so it doesn't look like it is going anywhere anytime soon. We are suppose to get some freezing rain tomorrow which is not good. The roads in Portland are pretty bad and chains are required to drive on them. The airport is getting crowded with...

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Bambi

December 19, 2008
I woke up this morning and there was a deer in our backyard! It was so pretty so I followed it around from the backyard to the front yard taking pictures of it. :) *Pictures missing after I moved blog over, ack!* We are suppose to get another snow storm this weekend. ACK! I don't know how I am going to leave this...

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Winter Wonderland

December 17, 2008
It is snowing like crazy here! When I woke up this morning everything was covered and snow was falling all day long. I went out this morning to check the mailbox and everything was so quiet and peaceful, it really felt like Alaska. It is so beautiful outside. It's funny since they are not use to getting so much snow here everything shuts...

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10 Months!

December 16, 2008
Today was Penelope's 10 month birthday. She is getting so big! I took this picture of her crawling today. For some reason my camera had yesterdays date even though I took it today on the 16th. I will have to check on that... She is finally crawling the correct way on all fours, the carpet in the new house helps. She is still...

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December 15, 2008
Well, the snow has melted, unfortunately. Penelope and I went to Target this morning. I found a couple of Christmas presents, I even bought Penelope a cute little dress for $2.98! I love Target!! They had some cute Hello Kitty stuff in the Dollar Spot but I told myself I wasn't buying for me.Driving around Longview was really fun. It is such a...

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It's Snowing!

December 14, 2008
It snowed again this morning but it didn't stick. :( Saturday morning I looked out the window and it looked like Alaska. It made me smile, I miss Alaska. Ssshh don't tell Chris! My mother in law sent me some pictures of the snow in Reedsport, OR. We had been staying there with them while we searched for a house. I think snow...

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Brand New

December 13, 2008
Chris, our baby girl and our cat Mr. Rat just bought a new home in Longview, WA and I thought I would start a new blog to go with our new life here. I haven't decided what it is going to be about but I am going to try to post everyday. It's going to be hard with the little one taking up...

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