We decorated our Christmas tree in the cold living room during the power outage. (Yes, the lights on the tree are on - we have a generator). Colin wasn't able to join us, so we found a picture of him and added him in.
Here is one of several frogs given to Dan for Christmas.Seems that there is a never ending supply of frogs out there in retail land.
Dan and I got away after Christmas for a couple days of skiing at Crystal Mountain. Conditions were ideal: cold, clear with light, fresh snow. We were able to ski the whole mountain. Well, it was windy at the top part of the time, about 60 mph. The wind was blowing the snow around on top so that you could hardly see when disembarking from the chair. We pointed our skis straight over the edge of Green Valley and put our arms out, and the wind kept us at a nice slow speed.
Mt. Rainier, above, and Mt. Adams, below
The whole family finally gathered on January 1. Celia and Keith spent Christmas with Keith's family and Colin was in St. Louis for a week at the Urbana missions conference. We opened our presents on New Years day. The nice part about that was that I could shop the after Christmas sales! Colin got lots of things for his new apartment, such as a tablecloth and an afghan made by Celia with her new crocheting skills.
January 10th - Four or five inches of snow fell at our house in just a couple of hours. It isn't going anywhere anytime soon, with below freezing temperatures all day.
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