Sunday, January 24, 2010

Snowshoeing….

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So, today the road was still closed, however, we had to go up because Josh had to check on the computers.  So, we got past the CHP this time. 

Once we got up past the blockage, we realized why it was closed.  It had nothing to do with the highway itself, that was pretty clear.  However, there were multiple (6 to be exact) places where the power lines were down, in the snow and across the creek.  And, there were several CalTrans and Southern California Edison crews working hard to get everything back together.  Had they allowed the zillions and zillions of cars that wanted to get up to “play in the snow” up there, there would have been no way to keep everyone safe, and let the workers do their jobs.  So, bravo, to the CHP for making this decision. 

There is still no power or phone accessibility to the Forest Falls area.  As one of our friends put it who lives up there…it was like being Amish.  :) 

Once Josh got all the computers squared away, we took Chompy out snowshoeing.  Heather has been wanting to do this for a year!!!!   She was soooo excited!   Here’s some pictures.  It was a gorgeous, serene day!

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We definitely have an adventure boy on our hands!

He shows us every day how much he’d rather be outside! 

Check out Josh’s Flickr site for more pictures from the day :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

SNOW…

Well, in case you didn’t know…we’ve been having a little bit of a snowstorm around here.

Today, we tried our best to get up there to go snowshoeing with baby boy, sadly, all of the roads looked like this:

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CLOSED! 

So sad!  We will try again tomorrow. 

In the meantime, enjoy these beautiful views of the snow! :)

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Houses…

So we have offers in for two houses.  Both have gone to their respective banks.  One we have no estimate of when we will hear whether or not our offer was accepted.  The other we will find out sometime mid-next week.  We could really use your well wishes.  We are getting tired of the cycle of looking at houses, putting in offers, getting rejected then repeat.  Both of the houses that we put offers on are big enough for our family and beyond.   They would both fit us well (well, so Josh says- Heather hasn’t actually seen the second one, but it’s Josh’s favorite house of all that we have seen in the last 9 months that we have been looking so that means it is AWESOME!).  Heather has driven by it at least ;)

 

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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Happy New Year!!!

Happy 2010!

(a week late)

We spent the new year with our Thursday Night group of friends in what affectionately became known as “Baby New Year”. 

Here are some pictures of us at the party compliments of Annie (the group designated photographer ;)

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