Mexican food...

Julieta is back... It has been 3 years since I ate 6 of her Tacos in one sitting with all the fresh salsa I could stand. There is also the threat of Sopa Albondigas and I am not complaining. But it may be death by good food.

Beware!

Watch out for hungry family members with knives...

Where the Wild Things Are.

Exciting dont you think?

Sacrifice

So, I sacrificed my ability to hike by loaning my sleeping bag to Woodworker and my sleeping pad to Cassidy. So it looks like I wont be cold and wet with Chris this weekend. I do kinda feel bad because 30 mph winds might make the newbies a little misrable. :) But hey they will be out living life and I won't. And yes, I know I am really a novice too.

Lori's birthday party.

So, Lori decided she wanted to go rollerskating for her birthday with about 50

family members and friends...

A funny thing with me up on these for the first time in 24 or so years...

Niece Josephine got in on the action.

As did nephew Ethan. Here he is trying out his skates...

After realizing I could still skate, I switched from the regular skates to speed skates. The problem was the left one pulled hard to the left and the right one pulled hard to the right and the shoes dug into my ankles so I made another switch and somehow I ended up on these.

Suprisingly I didn't do to bad.

All in all a good time was had by all including Lori even after she fell and bounced her head off the floor giving herself a black eye. She is fine though. She had an MRI and everything looked ok.

Dice...

So, Aaron and I were throwin dice and of course he busts out with this. This is 10,000. He wins.

Spokane Shock

Debbie and I went to the preseason Shock game last night. Had front row seats in the end zone. It was a good game. We won. All in all a good time. The obese woman behind my head with the cowbell all night, not so cool...

Ethan

So I spent Saturday hanging out with my nephew Ethan. As you can see, he is a little ham for the camera.

Puzzled

Fishing with Dad, Mike and Chris

Here are 2 of the three Crappie we caught...

It was a gorgeous day.

Chris fell in the lake again...

cold and icy!

Maybe next time he should just bring a change of clothes.

E-mail change

Hey guys there is a new email address in my profile...

More good food...

So th other night chris and I decided we needed to make some sushi... we ended up with about 3 lbs. A wonderful dinner all in all including the miso soup.

The 3rd annual snowshoe campfire

Well, I do have to say this year included a new diversion caused by the inclusion of some

championship Tiddlywinks...

heading up.

On our way.

Uphill.

Into the clouds.

Heading back down.

The snowshoe campfire.

Crazy sparks.

Just goofin...

It's begining to look alot like Christmas

So, we got over 2 feet of snow and I just had to bar-b-que...

if you look,

you can see my snowshoes leaning against the apartment behind the bar-b-que

The worst kind of lonely Is alone in December

It's Christmas time

All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue
(Words and Music: Bergquist/Detweiler)
Strings of lights above the bed
Curtains drawn and a glass of red
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
Saxophone on the radio
Recorded 40 years ago
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
When you play my song
Play it slowly
Play it like I’m sad and lonely
Maybe you can solve
Solve my mystery
Wrap me in your arms and whisper
You miss me
Weatherman says it’s miserable
But the snow is so beautiful
All I ever get for Christmas is blue
It would take a miracle
To get me out to a shopping mall
All I really want for Christmas is you
Let them ring the bells
They won’t miss us
I’ll be drinkin’ down your kisses
Deep into the night
We’ll go stealing
Underneath a starry ceiling
Revealing
White lights on the Christmas tree
Thank God you are here with me
All I ever get for Christmas is blue