Winter Wonderland!

The last 10 days I swear we have been living in Alaska not Portland! It has been a lot of fun but at the same time crazy and weird! The first video is from the beginning of the storm. It had snowed a few inches and then we got "frozen rain" Which is a sheet of ice that covers the snow.


There was a warmer day and things started to thaw-including the ice plugging the broken irrigation pipe in my back yard. Once that thawed, we ended up with almost 2 feet of water in our crawl space before I even knew what happened. That was a blast to fix:)


A few days ago we woke up to these pictures taken below. I measured in the center of our yard and we had 19 inches of snow! With all the new snow we found ourselves stranded in our house. In the pictures you can see how we were literally stranded because you couldn't even see our cars! and then the fun started! Our electricity went out and within 10 hours our house was below 50 degrees. Luckily our friends the Corrys came and rescued us and we spent the night over at their house until our electricity came back on.


Now things are starting to really thaw out again and we are looking forward to having a very very white Christmas! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Christmas time is here!

Christmas season has officially started in the Adamson home. We went out and cut down a Christmas tree today. I love Christmas!

Crime scene

This is the scene of the crime. As you can see, there is an empty container of flour and flour all over the floor.
I think we found the culprit!

Fall is here!

Aren't they adorable! It has taken us a while to decide, but I am sure they are KEEPERS:)

Halloween

This year Halloween was a blast. Tavis was a little alligator but he thought he was a dragon. Jade was a little pooh bear. Tavis was confused and thought we were calling her a stinky pooh. He wasn't happy with us saying those kinds of things about his little sister. Kids are great!

Check out these hot cheerleaders!

After seeing Jeannie play the accordion, Shannon (Danielle's sister in green) really wanted to get in on the fun so she talked her sisters and mom into preforming her favorite Burley Idaho High School cheer for us on camera. Thanks Shannon!

Travis and Kara Tegan

Last week Danielle's brother, Travis married Kara. It was a beautiful wedding for a beautiful couple! It was nice to be able to get back to Utah to see all Danielle's family and to meet Kara's family.

Don't bet me. I never Lose!

Last July my Mother-in-law, Jeannie and I had a bet that gas prices would fall back below $3 a gallon by December. She lost and this was my reward!

Gardening

I guess I am weird or something but I love to garden. When I was a kid I used to hate pulling weeds but now I think it is so relaxing and fulfilling. I honestly would love to live on a farm!

Tavis the fish

I swear he will one day be the next Phelps!