Something YOU may not see every day...

 But we do.  Last year there was just one Eagle at the nest, but this year there are 2!  This shot is taken on the 14th hole of the golf course right by the bridge where we get out of the river when we float.

Happy New Year!

Wishing all our family and friends a really good New Year.

2008 was a pretty good year for us and 2009 is looking even better :)

Dreaming of a White Christmas...

Not as fun as it sounds for poor Chris.  On Christmas Eve we got about 6-8 inches of snow added to our foot-and-a-half we already had.  So Chris spent Christmas morning plowing and snow-blowing ourselves and our elderly neighbors out of our driveways!

This is a cool shot of the lamp-post Chris put in the center of our driveway.  I knew it was going to look really Chronicles of Narnia-like when it snowed.  There is about a foot of snow on top of the lamp and I took this photo about Midnight on Christmas Eve.

Here's Mikey's trampoline as of Christmas Day.  Check out the amount of snow and ice-cycles on our roof.  And for a contrast, check out the picture below of Brenda, Meghan and the girls jumping on it this past summer.

As warm as it's gonna get for a while.

I got up at 6:00am to take Meghan to the bus stop today because it was 0.5 degrees outside, but the bus never came.  This was odd because the road, even though there was snow, was clear.  So we came home and the phone was ringing and it was the School Bus Company letting us know that there would be a 2 hour delay for the buses coming, and that probably they wouldn't come at all, because the diesel fuel had frozen!  This was odd, because there have been many days, and I'm sure many more to come where the temperature is well-below Zero.  So, the kids didn't have school today - they were thrilled.  3.2 degrees was about as warm as it got today at about 3:00pm.  It's supposed to get colder tomorrow.  Brrrrrrr!

Still Snowing...

The making of the Houser Family Christmas Picture - Out-take

Here's Chris trying out the new snow blower.  Sure it's fun the first time, but ask him how fun it is in another month or two!

The First REAL Snow of the Year

Yesterday we got about 4 inches of snow and it is supposed to keep snowing until Monday.  Michael and Carly had fun in it today.  You would think a Boxer wouldn't like the snow, but Carly thinks its a blast.  She loves it when Michael throws snow at her.

Camp Run-A-Muck

Chris and I went and walked around Sunriver Village this weekend and bought this sign for our entry way... Isn't it adorable?