So, since I missed blogging about Christmas, New Years and all that fun stuff please allow me to just get it all out right now and say
Merry, Happy, and should old acquaintance be forgot etc etc.
Let me fast forward a little bit and talk about last weekend.
The whole family packed up into the car for a four day weekend trip to Leavenworth. The forecast for Friday night called for 18 inches of snow in Leavenworth alone so we left early, arrived before the storm and prepared to hunker down for a good old fashioned 1854 North Dakota blizzard.
Nine over-tired kids, nine over-worried parents, and a healthy dose of midnight rain later we had about 3-4 inches of new snow on top of the ice, good enough for some sledding.
Two hours and approximately 100 strained thirtysomething ligaments and muscles we were tuckered out. We went back to the cabin for some R&R thinking the next day would bring more of the same.
20 hours, 3 inches of rain, one improbable Seahawks victory, and 40 degrees later we had one big slushie. The only things missing were the cherry flavor and that cool little spoon straw.
We couldn’t even go outside without duck waders.
The next morning brought freezing temperatures and the hard requirement for ice skates. The cars made it off the side street of ice okay with chains and some all wheel drive and some warmer temps.
We got home Monday night and I think I just woke up, it’s Wednesday.
Despite all of my melodrama regarding the weather we had an absolute blast. The kids were so great together, they played all weekend long with nary an issue. They were just too busy playing to get into any trouble. Here are some of the best pictures we took this weekend.
This one is Abby getting ready with Mommy wearing my trusty hat. Remind you of anyone?
Here we find Lexi, Bella, and Abby having a good bubble bath together.
Abby and I did get out in the snow one day.
“Here’s a story…”
All that and after such a slushy weekend Abby was disappointed to not be able to make the Ariel snowman we had planned. Who would have thunk it would rain for a whole day in the mountains in January.
Then, after hearing of the pending snow tonight Abby said that we could just make an Ariel tomorrow. I doubted her…until now.
We just got 5+ inches of snow in a little over 3 hours.
It fell very fast, and there is enough for an Ariel in the morning I think.
More later…
blief 
Great Grandma and I are having a hard time figuring out how there got to be nine parents to go along with five kids.
Nice pictures!
Anyway, we are looking forward to some photos of the Ariel Snowman which is surely to be done this day (Thursday 1100). I just shovelled enough snow off the driveway and parking strip to make a Monster Snowman — Ruth used to call them, “Mow Mam” (rhymes with cow man). And she was afraid of them!
Love, Great Grumpy G.
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Thanks, GGG, for including the “Mow Mam” story. As Lief and I were building the snow mermaid yesterday, I told him the story of the Mowman and how it scared Ruth. I don’t recall what year that was, or how old she was. She must have been about 2 years old. I remember that you built the Mowman with two seperated legs, rather than a single ball body. You had leather gloves which I thought were very warm (and have since discovered they are not), but they shaped that mowman very nicely.
Hopefully we will have photos of the snow mermaid posted soon. You realize, of course, that these snow sculptures were inspired by the original “Mow Mam” but in contrast to the original, Abby loved the mermaid.
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