Jan27

Winter Isn't Gone Quite Yet

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The boys were running through the upstairs hallway this morning being ridiculously loud at 7:30 a.m.  They were excited because it was snowing!  After two days of bitter cold temps, we finally got the white stuff...again.  :-) 

 

 

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Jill said:

Update:  The snow is all gone.  ;-(

1/28/2009 @ 12:33 p.m.

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Aunt Robyn said:

Hopefully, the kiddo's werent running around at 7:30 am crying that the snow was all melted!
 

2/02/2009 @ 12:06 a.m.

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Jill said:

Hehe, no the snow was falling when they were running all around.  It melted over the course of the day.

2/04/2009 @ 1:47 p.m.

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Jan13

American Idol Night!

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To celebrate the beginning of the new season of American Idol, we had a little ice cream fun.  As we don't normally buy ice cream in bulk, the kids were very excited.  Can't wait to sit and cuddle with the kiddos and watch the crazy singers mixed in with the talented folks.
 
 
Hey!  At least it's the reduced calorie Dryers.   Oh, you should really try it...it's yUUmmmyyyy!
 
 
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Sam said:
 
Did Ethan get his other lego thing built?
 
1/14/2009 3:27 PM 
 
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Aunt Yara said:
 
Sounds yummy and FUN!!
 
1/15/2009 12:56 PM 
 
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Jill said:
 
We have been enjoying the show.  Many laughs!
 
Sam, I'm not sure which one he was working on, he's been busy though!
 
1/16/2009 3:42 PM
 
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Jan8

We're Okay!

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What an exciting past couple of days!  Pretty much all of the Snoqualmie Valley is flooded.  We didn't have any real flooding as the river stayed within it's banks.  It was, however, full as can be!  Here are a few shots taken today.  The water has subsided quite a bit, but there is still quite a bit of standing water over the roadways.
 
 
 
This was taken right in our own neighborhood.
 
 
 
Our neighbors pumping the lake out of their front yard.
 
 
 
A few miles up the street from us a couple of the creeks rerouted themselves and have caused quite a bit of trouble.  The next picture is where the water is headed....
 
 
 
...right down these poor folks driveway!
 
 
 
Nope, I still haven't gotten to town yet!  Here's the scene in front of the Little Si Trailhead parkign lot.
 
 
 
Storm drain ditch in town overflowing it's banks and pouring into the road...water levels have actually subsided subsided.  This street was closed yesterday.
 
 
 
Driving conditions around town.
 
 
 
Local businesses are "Closed Due To Flooding".
 
 
 
The Senior Center always gets hit hard with flooding.  This storage shed off to the left, holds all the large items for the center's Thrift shop.  It's under about a foot of water.
 
 
Hope you've enjoyed the tour.  :-)
 
 
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Robyn said:
 
Woah!!  We need a pic of the river in your back yard, too :)
 
Created at 1/9/2009 12:33 AM 
 
 
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Tracy said:
 
Glad you guys are ok over there.  Flooding here is incredible.  Tons of roads are closed and the river's been creeping up on Peter's clinic all day.  The carpets are wet, but when he checked 1/2 hour ago, the water was starting to recede.  What a relief!
 
1/8/2009 10:22 PM 
 
 
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Jill said:
 
Robyn, No pictures of the back yard this time around.  I was in Auburn with you!  LOL  Jeremy didn't take any pictures either.  The river had already gone down by the time I was busy taking pictures the next day.  :-(
 
Tracy, Glad to hear the clinic did okay.  I was worried about you guys!  Those in lower North Bend and Snoqualmie areas were hit really hard.  It's terrible.  I'm sure very similar to you guys.  Tons of roads closed, and streets eroded.  The kids were off most of last week from school.  Today they were back, but still with a one hour start time delay!
 
1/12/2009 2:09 PM 
 
 
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Jan1

Happy New Year ~ 2009

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To get the new year started off right, we hosted a little "hang-out" party for local family members.  We dug out old slides, set the ol' slide projector up and went to town.  Thanks to everybody who made it out! 
 
 
Kayleen teaching her cousin Violet how to play the piano. 
 
 
 
 
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