Pendleton Sunset

The view out our back windows

Ice Day

Our day started out as a 2 hr delay, but then school was closed all together around 9 a.m.   The roads are covered in black ice & Chris had a fun time getting out our driveway and up the street to the top of the hill.  Hopefully he can make it back home.  We had a small window of thawing late morning, but the temperature has now dropped to 19 degrees and everything has froze again. Even my mailbox is frozed shut.

 our icy sidwalk

our driveway (on the left) and the street looking down into the cul-te-sac

ice covered grass

Snow Day?

As a kid I can remember how exciting it was to have no school because fresh, powdery snow fell the night before.  I'd get all dressed up in warm clothes, head out to the 3 wheeler and make tracks all over the field!  Lots of fun!

I'm not exactly sure why school was closed today.  It was 34 degrees this morning and raining.  There was maybe an inch outside, but definitely not worth closing school if you ask my opinion.

So what to do on a snow day?  The freeway was too icy to head to the Tricities to shop, so we colored & went to the farm store.

looking out our front window

Notice Evan screaming?  He is still in the phase of  "don't take my picture"

WE'RE MISSING A FISH!!!

So we have a missing Glo-Fish.  It looks like this one, but yellow & about half the size. Yes it was itty bitty.

I went to catch the Betta fish & transfer him into his own bowl.  He is such a pig, that he literally eats until he's about to pop.  I am getting tired of catching him every time I feed the frogs, so they can enjoy their dinner.  So yesterday I did a count of all the fish and noticed one of the glo-fish are gone.  Completely gone.  No dead body....no floating body parts....just gone.  So I first thought that maybe I transferred him into the Betta fish's bowl by mistake.  Nope, not there.  Then I searched the floor (just in case he jumped out while I was catching the Betta). No not there.  I took a flash light and searched every inch of the small 5 gallon tank.  Nothing.  Little Mr. or Mrs Glo-fish is gone for good.  My best guess is someone ate him, but no ones talking.

I just wish it would have been a little neon, which only cost $1.69 versus the Glo-fish who were $10.00 each. I learned my lesson.  Buy cheap fish because you never know who is goin to eat who.

Pendleton Critters

These little guys are all over the neighborhood

Visit from Grandpa and Grandma!

My parents came for a visit and it was so nice to see them.  We did a little touring of Pendleton, the museum downtown and then the Children's museum too.  It would have been nice if the weather was a little warmer so we could have done more outside.  Thursday night Chris and I were able to have a date night!  We went to the casinos all you can eat seafood buffet. Definitely worth it if you like crab & clams!  I had the best steamed clams ever!  Thanks Mom and Dad for babysitting.

This afternoon it finally warmed up for us to go to the park.  There is a big one just at the bottom of the hill we live on.  I wish we would have walked down there a month ago.  It has a paved walking path, 2 playgrounds & a couple huge ball fields.

newest part still under construction...but how cool is this!  A dino skeleton!

dino fossils

Evan liked the dirt best!

Special mail

The boys and I went to Bend for 4 nights while Chris was out of town working.  We returned to a mail box full of mail and a note from Austin's Sunday school class was inside.

 front

 back

We also got this nice note from Joy & her two boys right before Thanksgiving

on our way to Bend we had sunny weather

Dylan and Austin

fun in the bubbles!

outdoor adventure hike looking for animal tracks

Driving the gator.

my new nephew :)  Isn't he cute! & BIG for 13 weeks!