Let it Snow!

Sorry I left you all hangin' there...yes we did make it out of Portland the next night! We got in to Spokane pretty late Friday night... so late that I have spent the last few days recuperating and haven't been able to blog until now. On Friday it was snowing in Portland, which I hear is pretty unusual. Trying to stay out of the storm, we spent Friday chillin' at the hotel until check out time and then since we were homeless until our late flight, we moved in at IKEA for the rest of the day. We ate lunch and dinner there, along with sitting on one of the display couches for over an hour while Lucy napped in my arms. We pretended like we were watching a really great movie and counted how many people would be brave enough to walk in front of the T.V. to see the rest of the display. I can't believe they didn't kick us out, so I am now a totally devoted customer.

Our 9:10 p.m. flight was delayed a little while and baggage was an absolute mess, so we finally arrived at Dave's house around 1:00 a.m. Lucy slept in the car, but woke up immediately when she heard the dogs barking. I thought she would be wasted after all the travelling, but there was no chance of sleep with dogs around. I don't know if I have ever seen her quite that thrilled before. I finally made her say goodnight to the doggies, despite her intense protesting, at 2:00 a.m. The next morning, bright and early with only about 5 hours under her belt, she went straight to the door and started barking because she wanted to see the doggies again. What a crack up! It's been nothing, but true love around here since!

Well, there's been nothing but snow here in Spokane and I am loving every minute of it! So much fun when you don't have to live in it! Added bonus: my first time in below zero weather! I love breaking my own records...kinda lame...but it thrills me! Oh, and Lucy's first sledding experience...down dave's driveway...on some kind of a tub lid...she loved it! (No it wasn't during the below zero stretch, I am not that crazy of a Mom!)







Anyway, that's our cute little sledding gal!


This one we took for the beautiful scenary behind us. This is right in front of Dave's driveway...how beautiful is that!

The snow has been crazy here. They got something like 30 inches in 24 hours (that was the night we were supposed to fly in). Looks like I am finally going to get my first white Christmas, this being my third Christmas here it's about time! To show how high the snow is in front of Dave's house, compare Lucy with the snow birm in front of Dave's yard:
And to end a perfect snow experience we found out that snowflakes are real! They are not some myth and they are not some thing you have to have a microscope to see and they really are all completely different. The way the snow was falling there were gorgeous snowflakes everywhere (and I can't take the credit for these last two beautfiul pictures...the true photographer in our family, Dave, took these)
This was a tree in Dave's yard. I think it is the most perfect snowflake picture I have ever seen, but then again I am in love with the photographer! Please don't steal our perfect picture and enter it in a photography contest... okay as long as we get the money I don't really care!