It Snowed!

Oh okay only about 2-3 inches but hey it's a start and I'm not complaining. It's actually warmed up to bearable temperatures here. We froze our butts off at the tree lighting in Leavenworth; however enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Visconti's Restaurant. Would suggest this place to anyone it was fabulous food. I ordered the Veal Milanese with Lemon Pepper mashed potatoes and roasted vegetables. This dish was incredible however the mashed potatoes were a bit over the top for my taste. Just too much lemon in one sitting. Luca had the most to die for dish and I mean to die for it looked like a heart attack on a plate but it tasted unbelievable. Waylon stayed with the old stand by tried and true "pepzironi" pizza which had a fabulous sauce and crust (crusty and thin just like I like em'). Following our trip to Leavenworth we finally got off our hind ends and hunted down our Christmas Tree. I'll post some pictures of all the adventures soon. Stay warm.

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Good tidings to you...

I always love this time of year when the snow is falling outside and the air just seems to be a bit fresher. Oh, wait a minute it's 10 degrees outside with no hope of snow reaching the okanogan valley any time soon. I hate deep freezes...I really hate them! This is about the time of year when I really wished I lived somewhere mild and sunny, not Florida or anything heinous like that but somewhere the sun hits my face and the breeze feels like a nice fall day. When you just want to spend all day outside and keep thinking of reasons you must be outside. Oh well I guess I'm stuck in the deep ice pit I call home (sigh). Speaking of this time of year...Christmas time, yeah! We are taking a trip this weekend to Leavenworth and meeting my folks for dinner; at Cafe' Monet (blog to follow, to OH and awe over their wonderful food) and festivities for my dad's birthday. I'm sure we'll do the usual pictures with Santa, tree lighting etc. Actually this town is supposed to be pretty spectacular all lit up for the holidays so we should not be without things to do and see. We'll see how the Santa visit goes this year however. Last year was a complete disaster. We tried this picture taking twice, sidebar (why it's so important for us as parents to get these Santa pictures taken of our children; to insure the cruelty we endured as children?) Anyhow the picture was taken and it was Santa, Waylon and myself between him and the jolly man. The only way he would take the picture. I guess I should be proud he knows stranger danger, I mean these Santa's can look a little sketchy at times. Well, hope everyone's enjoying this wonderful time of year and maybe you've gotten a bit further than I have on decorating. We're getting the tree this weekend I swear!

Sure....I was going to post more often

I think I'm just not meant for this blogging business. I really have had a lot going on lately. The county was thinking of closing the Extension Office here recently and we were on pins and needles awaiting the decision. So far we have been spared for the current year. I was under that cloud looming above to tell Luca I might lose my job and then with great relief thanks to such a supportive community we made it out with most everything intact. I little weathered for wear I'd say, but we made it. Thought I might be polishing up that old resume....whew! Well we had thanksgiving here at our house again this year with my family and I cooked one fabulous bird if I do say so myself. Well other people did like it too! Thank god! Waylon is beginning this independent stage and learning more and more about cause and effect. Which is pretty comical to watch from an observers point of view. He certainly can blow us away with the things he remembers, I told Luca perhaps he needs to take lessons from his son. Well I'll try a little harder to keep on top of this blog thing. I plan on sending this address out to all our relatives who have Internet during the holidays and adding pictures with the blog once in awhile. Holiday cards and blogs to come.

Wowzzer

Well it's been quite a while since our last post. Been on Facebook lately and keepin up that way. But always follow other blogs possibly for the one reason my life doesn't seen as interesting as I've found these other blogs to be. Cooking, partying, etc. However I do need to keep updating this for the sheer reason I need a place to capture all of Waylon's new and exciting growings. Lately he's really polite in the fact of manners, please, thank you has been for awhile using his manners however as of lately it's turned on us. He spent the weekend with my parents while Luca and I took a short trip to Cle Elum for a wedding, which was in a beautiful barn. We had fun just hangin around and trying to sleep in which for me doesn't happen anymore but Luca for some reason has no problem slumbering until 10 or so. Any way Waylon started this thing where my mom would say Waylon are you ready to go nite nite?... where he proceeded with uh no thank you grammie. Perfect manners however what do you say to that? So just this past Monday we're at the Dr.s office and he's tooling around and wont sit still; so I tell him Waylon you need to come sit by me in the chair here...uh no thank you Mommy...uh what this is; that's not how this is supposed to go. The lady sitting directly across from us just thought it was hilarious and told me well at least he's using his manners. Yeah she's right but now what do I do with the unmanners? Although he always seems to melt my heart minutes later with things like while we're in the exam room he starts singing his ABC's which is the cuteist version I've ever heard. With the l mnop q r sss t etc. The ending is the best part with the nex time won't u sing.. me. Love you my sweet boy.

Camping

We are leaving for some camping on Beaver Lake tomorrow, it should be great weather. Last year we missed the campout because of our move. So this year we are really excited to get back out there. Although we did camp on opening weekend at Fish Lake but we realized how much we were not ready for memorial day . So I've been making a list of what we were missing and hopefully we have it all this time around. Well hope you all have a great memorial day weekend, be safe. Luv to all.

New, New Blogger

Hello out there! First time blogger here. We are behind since most people I've found on here blog when they are about to have a family. We are two years in and no blog so here we go. Hope to keep family updated. See you around the blog.