42 Years of LE

My birthday was a special day this year--Josh made us pancakes and Mom & Dad came up for the day to visit.  Mom brought my white cake with the lemon-huckleberry drizzle that I love so much! Kate's family came over, too.  A sweet Saturday birthday.  We went for a hike at the switchbacks on Sunday and saw a couple of nesting bald eagles!

We know that Kim Hernandez!  She's in our book group and she teaches at Whitworth...and she was mentioned in my birthday email from Whitworth!  Wow!

My Birthday WEEK

The week of my birthday began with a terrarium find and flowers...ahhh!

Nessa snuggles (right on top of Micah, always) and a picture to send to Colleen of our piano room--she is recovering the piano bench for my birthday! (She ended up throwing in some matching pillows for the couch, too!

After MANY YEARS (and a final year of quarantine with a puppy!) of my dark brown Ugg slippers, I got replacements!  No touchy, Nessa Girl!

We see Dad at school every now and then--usually to take a Slushie to some smarty pants student who won the problem of the week.  The video shows Nessa flipping out with excitement as Dad comes to the car...

Seventh-grade daughter hugs for dad. 

I don't remember why I took these tooth-brushing pics of Micah.  I think I was bugging him into obedience.  I'm certain it was a brilliant parenting technique that just came to me...

Nessa leaves no stick behind when walking!  And Josh helped make pretzels on Wednesday of this week--the boys learned from home Wed, and then had no school Th/Fri for conference week.

And Matt and Heidi wanted to give something fun to Jeff and I for BOTH of our birthdays--so they gave us the pimped out minivan and ordered takeout from Comellini's...we ate in the candlelit van beside the waters of the Wandermere Golf Course.  It was hilariously fun!!!

Skiing with the Waltmans

We got to go skiing with Debbie and Randy!  What a fun day!!!  After a lot of runs together, Debbie and Micah ended up at the lodge (I think because Micah got cold) and Grace decided to go over to the bunny hill to go down a couple of times on her own.  (insert wide, surprised eyes HERE)  Another day on the hill, another win!

And GG's SEAT MADE IT ON TV!!! Go, Zags!!!  They're having quite the year with Jalen Suggs, Corey Kispert, Drew Timme, and Joel Ayayi! Ranked #1 and undefeated so far...

 

Snow Days

I love the green inside and the snow outside.  :)

Jeff had a meeting down by Union Stadium one February day, so he decided to get his mental health and activity time by WALKING down the railroad track to attend.  The way back was considerably darker and snowier.
 

And then there was the afternoon that Jeff took the kids and Nessa sledding...Nessa couldn't walk by the end!  Her feet looked as though they were in casts!  They carried her back from under the power lines.

Nessa Turns ONE!!!

Amidst puzzling and watching my orchid start to bloom, our pup TURNED ONE.  Her birthday is February 16, and we decided to celebrate (thanks to hybrid-schedules for Grace and I...time on our hands!) with a Puppy Cake and little party hats.  We even invited her bestie, Maisy, to her party.  It was a crazy time!

 She was all partied out at the end of the night.  What a great first year of life, for this spoiled pup.