Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, as we remember and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

He did not use a silver box
Or paper green and red;
God laid his Christmas gift to me
Within a manger bed.
~Prentice~

Christmas Snow!

Well, we made it to the Mall last night. There were actually a few people there but there were a lot of stores closed and many shutting down by 6:00. While shopping the snow started coming down again. I'm so glad I got a little shopping done as the snow continued to fall throughout the night. And it is still falling!

I hope you're not to bored with snow pictures but I'm hearing this is the most snow we've had in Portland in 40 years.
My #1 had to get up early and go to work so I ask him to take a few pictures. I am so glad I work for a school. I have this week off and do not have to worry about getting into work.

And of course the latest pictures of the deck, where ever it is!

And last I'll leave you with a fun card. I saw this on Shabby Scraps blog, and thought it was so cute.

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P.S. The card will show "error" if it sits to long, just refresh your page and it will show up again.

Snow 2008

Ok,so I thought I would share some pictures of the snow we got yesterday. They're telling us freezing rain should come on top of this. For now, I'll enjoy the snow, it sure is pretty!

Here is a picture I took yesterday afternoon. At this point you can see my watering can.

Now you can only see a little bit of it.

The accumulation of snow as seen on the deck and front porch is from blowing off the house, but we did get about 8" of snow. Pretty amazing, I think! Well, we're off to do some shopping #1 is feeling adventuresome! Yikes!

The Snow Continues To Fall!

I just wanted to give a BIG "Thank You!" to everyone that stopped by to take a look at our Christmas decorations! It was a lot of fun to participate in this fun event.

This week has been a strange one. Portland has been experiencing a lot of snow! Schools are open one day then closed the next. I headed out on Thursday to go to school since the roads were clear. I got a mile down the road and it started to snow. It was pretty amazing! And since I carry around a handy dandy camera now, I rolled down the window and took a picture. School was soon cancelled and I headed back for home. I know that doesn't sound strange for a lot of you as snow is something that is part of life for you in the winter. But, we just don't get a whole lot of it here.

Yesterday I decided to tackle a picture that I had bought at Goodwill quite a few months ago. I bought it for the frame and loved the fact that the glass inside was curved. Displayed in front was needlepoint, something I didn't want. While opening the back up I discovered behind the needlepoint the original picture that was in the frame. I love finds like that!

I don't know if you remember but quite a few posts back I told you how I had promised my son that when his theater group had their next play he could audition for the show. Well, last week 94 kids showed up to audition for Narnia. Each child had to come with a one minute song to sing for the director and her staff. Jonathan sang, "If I Were A Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof. Because of the snow "call backs" were posted right away. Well, he got a "call back" and he was pretty excited! To make a long story short, he will be playing Peter, the eldest sibling in Narnia. We were pretty shocked and excited for him. He will have a lot of practicing to do. This is actually a musical version. It should be a lot of fun!

So if you're in the Portland area and love to see theater stage shows we'd love for you to purchase a ticket for the show. CYT does a fantastic job with all their shows and this should be another great one!