Expedition 5280

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Tickle Treatment

As a little girl, my mom would take my braids and tickle my face and ears with the ends. Here, Will gets a bit of tickle treatment from his mama.

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Paper Stompin'

Will loves something about crinkling paper beneath his feet. Here he's 4 months old.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

We decided to "hike" to the base of the Flatirons (Boulder, CO). It's been a LONG time since I've been near the climbing scene. Makes me want to go again- it will be fun when Will is old enough to go!

This boy makes me smile!

I realize these photos are blurred, my fault, but I caught Steve's smiles!

Steve is a FANTASTIC daddy!

Will enjoys the taste of the bijorn.

Steve experimenting with his camera settings.

Making new friends.

Growing by leaps and bounds!

Our little logger boy? Love his eyes!

Christmas Lost & Found

Steve was going through photos on his computer and I realized that I must have been side tracked when posting Christmas photos. Here are some more. Sorry it's taking so long to load- it's due to the number of photos.

Next month is will load fast as these photo generous posts will be archived.

Above: Windsor and 'Liv enjoying one of our favorite past times at Grandma & Grandpa's house- the organ! 'liv serenaded us with some great tunes!

Great Grandma Scott! Seven great-grandkids and counting! Below Great Grandpa Scott

Women I couldn't live without (even if we don't talk daily). Above- my mom, below, Nicole, Shauna and Monica.

A Recent Rare Phenomenon

Last night we were at a local coffee shop with some friends. While sitting by the widow, we noticed that it had unexpectedly begun snowing. A few minutes later we all looked up to notice bright flashes, similar to that from a camera flash reflecting in the window. Since you never see lightning (or hear thunder) during a snow storm we all looked around for the abnoxiously bright flash from someones camera. It was nowhere to be found. Next thing we hear the boom of thunder and immediately car alarms start sounding. At this point we all look outside to see what looks like hail....but its not. It is simply pea sized snowballs that are falling like rocks from the sky. Needless to say, this was the first time any of us had experienced anything like this. The snowballs were not hard but soft...just like snow. The lightning and thunder continued for a while longer, as most everyone who was in the coffee shop either was glued to the windows or went outside for closer inspection. Bethany, who was sitting with our group, said that she had heard something like this happening before and said it was called a "thundersnow storm". Well, it is a true and rare event that is even more rare in a "land locked" state like Colorado. Here is the local newspaper headline from the Rocky Mountain News: "We were enjoying the lights, sights and sounds of a thundersnow that rolled through downtown around 9:30 p.m. And, we didn't make up that word thundersnow, either. It's a real, but rare phenomenon (and very rare in landlocked Colorado), according to a quickie Google search. In the simplest of terms, cold air meets warm air. As those two air masses interact, it causes friction, or a convection (up- and-down movement of air), which if violent enough, can cause lightning and thunder".

If you are still interested, check out the Wikipedia article for it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundersnow