here comes more snow!

We got another good douse of snow last night. Shea and I went on a lovely walk this morning and enjoyed the fresh snow outside of our home.

winter wonderland

need we say more?








view from our bedroom window:

Oh the weather outside...

Last night we celebrated Shea's sister's birthday in Bellevue, WA ... kind of like Irvine, CA. They have a "drum parade" in which high-school age drummers perform on the street to Christmas songs with coordinating lights, etc. It felt a lot like Disneyland, which was lovely. The first snow of the season began falling during that parade and we drove home in fast-falling chunks of snow. This morning we work up to a light dusting of white over our view of the Puyallup River. It's supposed to stay below freezing for the next week, so we're bundled up! We think to ourselves that this is nothing compared to our friends living near Chicago or our friends in Toronto. :)

enjoy the pictures!

Christmas is here!

So, I must say....that the crispness of western WA has not been too much for us yet! We slid from Fall to winter smoothly and now typically have nights that reach freezing and days that barely reach 50 degrees. I've put in pictures of our backyard from summer to fall to winter. The last picture is of our backyard at sunrise, as I'm leaving to go to work.

We got our first real tree and discovered that an 8' tree can, indeed, be tied to the top of a Camry. :)

Missing you, our friends and family,
Elizabeth (& Shea)