Short, but Sweet (ish)

This week we went out to dinner TWICE, yes I know... that's a lot but Monday when we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory, they were having a special where they had the same prices as they did 40 years ago since this is their 40th Anniversary. Friday When we went to Photai we all shared 2 meals. We went there before we went to see the Christmas lights at Bellevue Botanical Garden. They were pretty cool, But kinda one of those "ya seen 'em once, ya seen 'em..." type deals.
As for other big deals: I finally signed up on Facebook! It is pretty cool the way you can meet people that you knew in the past or share things with people that you already know. Plus It feels really cool to see that people want to be your friend! (said with a silly, self deprecating tone)
I am really getting tired of the dreary Seattle weather, it is absolutely gloomy over here. Oh well. The coming week is forecast to be partly cloudy to sunny and 50 degrees--sounds great! You can't see much of the snow left from this last month--just a couple of chunks in the street.

Here is a shot of Ferny sledding down the neighbor's driveway--both Henry and Fern loved sledding in the snow. I'm glad to have the slushy aftermath gone :)

Well I have been doing a really lousy job at blogging this last little bit (OK, 2 months!) so I will put forth an earnest effort to be more consistent with my posts. At the very least I will post a picture (because, as you know, a picture is worth a thousand words!)
First pics are of Henry's Birthday party on Dec 16th. We had a good time. Thanks to everyone for sending cards and gifts.
Next is Christmas time. We had record breaking amounts of snow here. It kept snowing day after day. At the height of it, we had more than 24 inches! I haven't worked in a months due tothe economy and the weather, so we have been sledding and building snowmen and snow tunnels. I have been playing "cooking" with Fern and cars with Henry.
We had a "black and white" Christmas: white because of the snow on the ground and black because the power was off all of Christmas day! We still had a lot of fun.
For New Years we went to my parents house in eastern WA. The pass was icy and was not a fun drive. Once we got there we had grat time andate tons and tons of great food. I Don't know why the computer is underlining everything, but I can not turn it off!! I hate computers. We went bowling with my Fam, and that was pretty fun. I think out of 7 people Henry got 3rd place!

About the new Family Picture: This is and 8x8' mural that I have been painting for the last 6 months. I felt that my dinning room wall was too blah. I have put nearly 75 hours into it. It is painted in Interoir Latex! (well I can find it in relativly large quantities for free) This painting is based on a realization that I had during the Preisthood Session confernce last spring. I had been searching for my place in the universe; how I fit in. Then I realized that I have my own universe that I fit into just fine, and that no other meaning can/will be more meaningful. I am grateful for hte Gospel and the knowledge of the eternal nature of the family. My univese will last forever.

Any way Happy New Year to everybody!