Does it snow in Seattle ?

After 13 years in Seattle we have determined that it does snow in Seattle, each year we get some snow generally an inch of snow will close down the city and suburbs as well. This year has been extraordinary the school systems have been closed for a week and the snow and cold just keep hanging around. The Picture are from the Gold Creek neighborhood. They look like they should be from the mountains.

For the first time in many years I had to shovel my drive way we received much snow in 24 hours.

Jack liked playing in the snow while I did all the work, Chris helped the snow removal efforts until she got her hands on the camera.

Just how much snow did we received in a short period of time. While not much by the standards of traditionally snowy places, this is a record for us.

In the end we had a winter storm system that all but closed down Seattle, the airport, trains, and buses for multiple days. The little lady went where she wanted with little to no difficulties. One day I did put on the chains as the snow removal trucks were not running the side roads and there was a foot of snow on many of the streets.

Nov. in Reveiw

November came and went so very quickly. It was a good month, Christine and I prepared for the Christmas Holiday by purchasing an artificial Christmas Tree. The tree is 9ft tall and while it fits in our home today I am not sure what we will do in the future, most homes have 8ft ceilings. We also spent Thanksgiving with all of our children in Utah. We stayed at Michelle's home. Dinner was at my sister Julie's house with many of my siblings and their families. A highlight for the day was meeting Victor and his parents. It was fun to get to meet them they are very nice people who have a great spirit about them. I love it when my children make good choices and live up to their standards. I am grateful that all of our children are doing well and staying close to the gospel. Greg rode the train to SLC from Grand Junction, he seemed to enjoy the ride. He took the train home from Provo. Greg is doing well with his teaching and we are proud of him. Holli is a real joy she keeps everyone happy, we know she is missing school and her friends but is a good lesson in life to sometimes do things that are less than fun. The highlight of thanksgiving food was not Turkey, ham or any of the trimmings but rather the dinner made by Mandee the night before Thanksgiving. I loved the Mexican chicken and peppers it was great.

We returned home after the weekend and decorated the house and tree for Christmas. We are ready for the month of December. This coming month will be great as we will spend Christmas in Utah with our family.

Not It

Last week before our trip to Utah for Thanksgiving we were blog tagged by Heckafunny. Well I see that others have not responded yet so all I can say is "not it".

My forth picture from the forth folder is an old one of several years. The picture was taken in Shenyang, China. It is in a tourist shop outside of the forbidden city in Shenyang. This was my first visit to China and it was a lot of fun. The culture is interesting, I was not much surprised having lived in the orient for 5 years as a young man.

I have returned to China since this picture and enjoy my trips. The trinkets in the picture are used as charms on phones etc.. I purchased many charms and have been using them as trade items in the Geocaches that I find.