The White's Spot: December 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Christmas In Ashland 2008

We spent Christmas in Ashland with Ann's parents, Art and Doris. Here are some pictures from our time in Oregon.

Christmas Eve dinner was spent with family and friends.

After Christmas Eve services, Jennie was in no mood for pictures.

With a little coaxing, a smile was finally seen.

They can be sweet.

Christmas morning was beautiful.

Once again, Jacob and Jennie played Santa.

We finally get Jacob smiling nicely, and then...well, there's Jennie!

Art and Doris.

Christmas morning we woke up to a couple of inches of new snow, so we decided to do a little sledding. Since we didn't have a sled (why would two folks in their 80's NOT have a sled is beyond me!), I McGiver'ed a crude sled from duck tape and cardboard - emphasis on crude. Jennie gave it a shot - the results were less than spectacular. As a neighbor family was going out for the day, the dad took pity on my sad little sled, and loaned us his 4 person toboggan. Much better!

Sledding down the driveway.

A bit of video fun

Later, we went over to the park and the kids did a bit of climbing.

We had a great time!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Still Snow.....

Spent about an hour shoveling off the driveway. The snow is beginning to melt, but the driveway is in the shade, so I had to give it some help. The kids were out for about 2 hours this morning. We finally had to bring them in, as they were both soaked and cold. Nothing that a hot shower couldn't cure.

Wanna go in the spa?

The Morning After

The 14 is still closed, the schools are still closed...but MAN is it beautiful!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Arctic Blast 2008

Here are the totals for today:

Still snowing as of 5:45.
Has not stopped snowing since 6:30 this morning.
We have over 12" of snow in the middle of the backyard -no drift- just what fell.
We think we lost 2 or 3 branches from the shear weight of the snow.
Just saw on the local news that school is canceled tomorrow.

More pictures tomorrow.