Reroofing!

We are lucky enough to be reroofing during the week of Spring Break. All of us have been up there tearing of the shakes and nails. I've repaired a couple pairs of jeans, and Calvin has been the back-up foreman when the parents were working. Those skylights better not leak anymore!

Marnie's Play

 Marnie participated as one of the Three Little Pigs at Stanwood Elementary School. She practiced all week with her class and performed on the weekend. Missoula Children's Theater comes through town once a year to give children the opportunity to perform. She was a fabulous piglet.

Stratavarious

 When it comes to strata, I love to make it and use it. This quilt is from a quilt book called Stratavarious Quilts. Once you create strata, you can cut them into pieces and use them any way you like. Color theory works hard here. Can you name the scheme?

Stanwood Fights the Flood

The geography of the city is such that if the Stillaguamish River crests 532, the city will fill like a goldfish bowl. So major efforts were made to sandbag certain areas to prevent a catastrophe. With an abnormal amount of snowfall, followed by a Hawaiian Express (warm air and rain), we quickly ran into huge amounts of water. The river overflowed it's banks and flooding began on the south side of town. We were protecting the city on the north side. Here is what we saw enroute to town to fill sandbags.

An Early Anniversary Present

As our 20th Anniversary arrives on the day the digital television revolution does, we get TV reminders daily that there are only so many days until February 17th. Well, to stave off the pressure, we went and bought ourselves a new bed to replace the 19-year-old one. Here are the children saying goodbye to the old one.

More Snow after Christmas!

Cecil thought the snow was a blast. Unfortunately, it was up past his legs, but he didn't mind. We did lose some plants due to bending and breaking, and no, the trash wasn't collected for 3 weeks.

Christmas is Here!

Marnie celebrates her 10th birthday and then Christmas is upon us. Grandma sent a great present for all the birds at our home starving from the snow. Marnie built it on Christmas afternoon and the birds were eating before we were.