Sunday, January 3, 2010

Happy New Years!

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This was the first time our kids actually stayed up till midnight. We usually set all of the clocks back 3 hours and watch the New York ball drop and find ourselves in bed by 10 PM. This year we felt they had come of age and went for the full ride. They had a blast and were with the Dean kids as usual. As midnight struck they threw  confetti and ran the neighborhood loop 10 times in honor of 2010. It was fun. 2009 will be remember for its hard times…the low point being the death of my father or papa Bob to my kids….we still miss him dearly. 2010 hopefully will be better and brighter. IMG_4616

No Church!


One Sunday morning we woke up to no electricity. We had so much fun. We gathered every candle in the house and put them all on the kitchen table and almost lit the place on fire. About 1hour before church the lights went on. I came into the office and this is what I found. The kids were so excited to stay home and play Little House On the Prairie without electricity they covered themselves with red marker dots and claimed to have a very contagious disease. Mikey went all out and had it on his face. We never made it to church on time!



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When the Ducks played the Beavers the kids were able to support their team at school. This is how Mike and Max went to school. They wore the same outfit on Monday because the Ducks won. Uncle Jeffy would be proud!

Black Butte Hike TG09








This past Thanksgiving Julia, Michael, Max and myself climbed Black Butte one more time for the year 2009. It was fun. We were the only ones there and it was a blast! When we got up top there was 3 feet of snow and it was beautiful. The kids were troopers too. I was glad we did not lose any limbs  from the cold. Mom would have been upset about that! All in all we set out for an adveture and once again found it ontop of old faithful, Black Butte. Posted by Picasa

Black Butte 2009

We spent one full week up at Black Butte after Christmas and it was winter wonderland. The boys played football in the snow and the girls read books and sled down the big hills. Of course the Deans were with us and we were especially happy to have Jeff home. He has been commuting to Denver the past few months so we were all happy Ruby found her Dad. Mike and Jeff took the kids to a movie one afternoon and Gretchen and I had 3 whole hours alone at the house. It was GREAT! Then they all got home and our CHI was all messed up. On the day we were leaving Jeff could not find his Ducks football. The boys had left in the the snow and it was buried under the fresh nights snow. Lost forever! With the Rose bowl the next day, Jeff was not about to leave behind one of his Duck footballs so he and Mikey searched until finally a pass with the rake turned up a very buried ball. It was a great week and when we were home Gretchen and I both looked at each other and said," Why did we come home!"



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