Winter BLAHS

I was a little shocked to realize that January is half over and not help but wonder where the days have gone? The shock deepened when I also realized to my chagrin that I haven't accomplished much in those 16 days! Most of the time our weather kept us in--sort of. We just climb into the pickup most of the time and away we go! You're looking through the office window down onto our neighbor's property. I didn't think about the screen showing in the picture.

Nips has been the source of some entertainment for us:

Here she's caught up high on the garage door. Garth had backed the pickup in to load some dressers and she'd crawled from there and couldn't get down.

This is her favorite past time--hair pretties. The little girls must lose them and she bats these around everywhere. Most of the time we find them in her food dish and, often, she brings them upstairs.
We've had birthdays--Garth, Janeen, Samantha, Ty, Angelynah. Did I forget someone? Here we're enjoying pizza at Chico's for Dad's birthday. Those of you who are familiar with Chico's--it's still the same. The Hochstatter's is still greasy, cheesy and delicious and the decor and menu haven't changed in 20 years. Grandpa provided quarters.



I went to the Pinewood Derby to watch Andrew. It's a lot of work watching Cub Scouts run all over the cultural hall and all those dads wince when the car didn't win!

We also went to Spokane to visit with old friends with whom Garth had worked for years--Charlie, Keith and Betsy and their spouses. Karen & Jim and Marilyn & Eric weren't able to make it, but we'll be getting together a couple of times each year. We had a lot of fun visiting and commiserating. We also got to visit with Jennie and family. They certainly have had their fill of winter weather!
And, sadly, we lost an old friend--Gladys Morley, Carol's mom.

Gladys and her husband Otis were neighbors of the Gunters in Block 11. I always appreciated Gladys' friendliness and goodness. We loved Gladys because we love and appreciate her daughter so very much. We send our sympathy to Jay and Carol and family.
We're still awaiting movement on our mission call. We learned to our chagrin that our papers only reached our Stake President's office on Wednesday. I think much of winter blahs have come from waiting and waiting. It's a little disconcerting. Hope you've found ways to beat the blahs.