Anastasia on her Christmas present, and Marigold

Snow Day!

So after getting up at 4 a.m. to head over to Missoula I checked outside and discovered we have at least 18" of snow...and finding this an a local news website:

The City of Spokane said chains are required to travel on the South Hill.

Consider Spokane's city streets CLOSED, except for Monroe and Post on the north side, and Thor/Freya and Stevens on the south side.

Drivers are reminded to NOT block intersections, as that causes gridlock.

So I checked out front and Wall St. has not been plowed in who knows how long.

Decision time...let's call it a snow day!!!

It's a winter wonderland outside. I'm not sure what the official amount is but it looks like about 8 inches have fallen out there in the last 6 hours. I love it, but hate having to drive in it. Today was a bit of an adventure: Forrest got to unload a truck of propane in the cold and snow, and I got to take the kids to the dentist, back home and then this afternoon to the midwife. Both of my driving distances were not far but took a long time in these conditions. The van handled pretty well, I was impressed.
So the report: Anastasia is now at 13 lbs! That means she has gained 3 lb, 11 oz. in 5 weeks 5 days. She is definitely a chub...she's got fat little legs and a big belly, and huge chubby cheeks that are so kissable. And while we're on the subject of weight, I've lost 27 lbs since having her. Hooray!

Whoops...

Well, I brought the camera to church on Sunday and asked my dad to record the baptism, but foolishly I didn't change the movie setting from standard to compact, so it only got 4 minutes and the whole memory card was full! It's great quality but only has the baptismal covenant, not the actual baptism. Thankfully my dad got the rest of it on his camera, plus some stills, but that means y'all will have to wait until such time as I can retrieve them from his camera before I can post anything here.

New pictures

Here are some newer pictures, in no particular order....hopefully after tomorrow we'll have a bunch of baptism pictures!