Road Trip to Pittsburgh, PA

Our family drove to Pittsburgh, PA to enjoy a brief visit with my great friend, Kimberly, whom I met back in my Atlanta days. Kim's living in Ohio, so Pittsburgh is a convenient place for us to meet that is pretty much at a halfway point between our homes. We stayed overnight in adjoining rooms. The fellas went to the Duquesne Incline and museum in town while Kim and I went out for Sangria and a nice chat. The guys met us after their sightseeing and we all had a delicious dinner together at Mad Mex mexican restaurant.

The official picture of the Duquesne Incline. Unfortunately, during our visit, it was cloudy, and very cold. The good thing was that it snowed alot! We haven't had much of that yet this winter. It was a plus.

The boys inside the incline car.

Jeanne and Kim are off for Sangria and conversation.

What? No indoor pool in the hotel? No problem for these boys! They just "swim" in the tub!

The boys with their Kimmy. Kim came without her family (husband, John and toddler, Annie) so she was able to give the boys all the attention that they wanted.

Snow. Finally!

Juniper isn't sure what to think of this snow. This is the first snowfall of her life. She was born last May into really warm weather.

For the chickens, it's business as usual.

The boys are thrilled to finally have snow to play in.

It only snowed for a couple of hours; not much accumulation at all. But still, it was really nice to have our first snow. We are hoping for more though!

January Artwork

Asa painted a picture of a colorful summer day with fingerpaints.


This is Jake's mixed media portrait.

Is This January or May?

It's been so warm all winter long my plants are thinking that it's time to begin to flower. It's not so unusual to see the snowdrops this time of year, but everything else is showing up way too early.

You can see this hyacinth's flower buds peaking out.

Crocus

three blooms on these Snowdrops

My poppy looks is looking marvelous.

Tomorrow the weather is supposed to begin a period of more seasonable temperatures. Into the 30's for highs. What will become of my bulb plants?

Dusk in the Foggy Valley

Jake Turns Nine

This Saturday we celebrated Jake's 9th birthday with a bowling party and a few of his school friends. We all had a blast with bowling, pizza, cake, and presents!

An intimate party with only a few friends.

The birthday boy makes a face for the camera.

Opening gifts. This one was a stack of Boxcar Children books!

Look at this itty-bitty egg laid by one of our chickens. It’s the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. It looks like a toy egg! We wanted to keep it around just to enjoy its petite beauty; but one day, Asa decided that he wanted to know what it tasted like as an over-medium egg.

After cracking open the egg, we saw that it wasn’t quite formed right. I chose to pitch it instead of eating it.

Then we cooked one of our other more normal eggs. Beautiful! And yummy too!

Happy New Year 2007

Happy New Year! Can I go to sleep now?

John and Sass

The boys at midnight. They went to be at their normal time.