Winter Wonderland - I Guess?

This has been quite a weather week. Tuesday started with rain and before the

night was over we had around two inches of ice with another several inches of

snow on top of it- then more ice later in the day. I spent a night in my office

because I didnt want to attempt to drive home. Beautiful to look at

but hard on the roads, trees and the electric lines!

Our nice birch tree in the front yard was split in half. We hope it recovers!

Our big tree in back - not sure if there is damage to the

house or not. Half of it ended up in our neghbors yard. Snow is

fun --- but ice is not!

It was a good day to stay inside and do a nice big puzzle. Janet

and Madeline had a very nice day together!

We were lucky as our power was only out one night

(it wasn't so bad with the gas fireplace)

while Steven, Madeline and Janie's electricity was out all week!

All is well however as none of the family was injured

or anything so we Thank God for the beautiful winter scenery.

We are ready for the ice to melt however!

New Years Day 2009

We enjoyed a quiet New Years Eve and Day with our granddaughter. These pictures are not in order however we had pizza, wrote a story ( I "authored" and she "illustrated") and went to bed early. Today we had a nice breakfast, hung out and later went to the park for a walk. I can't think of a better way to spend the first day of the year!

It was a very nice, quite New Years day. We love our granddaughter!!