Have Mercy!

Tonight 1 inch of snow and sleet.
Tomorrow 7 inches of snow.
Tomorrow evening 4 inches of snow.
Wednesday - some snow.
ARGH!

1 Week Ago

Signs of Spring! A living room full of exhausted, crazy, skateboard lovin', hilarious, teenagers. Sr. and I are listening to the laughter upstairs and loving life on this beautiful Sunday.

Bottineau

Tubing Time!
2 years ago you had to walk up the hill - oh how times have changed!

Grey hat with pink fuzzy balls - see her?

The kids didn't come down for a bit and we started wondering what was going on. Alicia then came down hooked up with 3 fellas! Yep, that's our little world. You can drive 2 hours north and run into your friends from town. You can drive 2 hours south and run into people you know. Guess what - 3 hours east and you can run into your neighbors. Oh wait, 9 hours to Minnesota and you can run into 6 families that you know from Minot. Crazy!

Alex hooked up with some of his friends from Okinawa. They had a blast and didn't mind the bone chilling winds and freezing temps.

We knew a snow storm was headed our way so we got up to the park early. We headed home around 1:30 and by 3:00 we had little visibility and the snow was coming down. We expect to be home bound for the next two days. :) Anyone want to come shovel?

Eve

This poor lil' fella was losing his mind all day anticipating opening the Eve gifts.

We enjoyed every second of his anguish.

Warm and Fun Tootsies!

Wonder if this will keep him occupied until Santa comes?

They call these "Vera Wang" purses up here.

Random

This is how the high schoolers line up for the bus every morning. The sidewalk is cleared, there is a path to get from the sidewalk to the street, but those teenagers won't be boxed into our "norms". They stand in the street like they're in a police lineup. Thank goodness they're a fun group. Alicia loves riding the bus with this crazy bunch.
S C A R Y !

G O O F Y!

Alicia tried to make Lily look less scary.

El' Diablo

Little Drummer Boy

That's my boy!
I hope Santa doesn't bring him a set of these for our home.

He's acting cool because his grandma is in the crowd.