Epic Snowman Fail, Cue Snowfort!

More snow in the Gorge today. Everyone from the area I spoke with was saying it was going to be a pretty crazy winter this year and if the last week and half are proof of anything, it would make sense. It's not even December yet! At the moment we are at about 9 inches and it's still snowing.

So, given school is closed today we thought we'd attempt to make a snowman. Sadly, my snowman making skills are quite lacking. Give me a little bit of a break, I'm a California girl after all. I just couldn't get the snowballs to stick together as I was attempting to roll them. Onto Plan B, a super cool snow fort! Mason was totally into it and filling all the gaps as I was loading the bucket and building the walls. Nolan was "supervising", in other words running around all random like and throwing himself into the snow. Soon enough, Mason grew bored so our super cool snow fort turned into an adequate snowball barrier.

I present to you the amazing Price Wall!

There's Bears out there!

I find it rather amusing that I haven't posted anything new in months and now that I have something to post, it's about poop! I guess I'm just classy like that, eh? So, fair warning don't look at the photos if you don't want to see poop. I'm jes sayin' ....

About a month ago we moved to the Columbia Gorge to a fabulous place on a lake with lots of woods and nature around us. This morning, while the husband was driving the wee ones to school, he saw something in our driveway and stopped to take a look at it. Mind you, our drive way is long and runs alongside an orchard so this wasn't just right out in front of our house but also wasn't too far down the drive. Anyhoo, he snapped a photo, drove around it and continued on his way. He called me to let me know what he saw and to advise me to keep an eye on the dog, just in case. What did he see? Well, we're pretty sure it's bear scat. A big huge pile of it. lol!!!

So because I'm not familiar with bears and their ... Ummmmm, excrement .... I thought I'd post some photos I took so that my knowledgable nature type friends could confirm if this is the case. Again, if you don't like poop, Don't look at the photos. :)

So there ya go! If it is bear scat, maybe you'll see some photos of an actual bear posted here in the future. I promise I won't post anymore poop pictures. Cross my heart. ;-)

... and life goes rolling along.

Summer has arrived and with it a bit of change. Looks like new digs will be coming our way. We'll still be here in the northwest, just a little further south toward Oregon way. The Gorge may be our new home and what a gorgeous place it is. And so, the house hunt begins. The Man's new job, new home in possibly a new state and new school for the boys. Yeah, I call that a bit of change.

But Summer has also brought us a bit of fun by way of the happiest place on Earth! Disneyland!! Thanks to my parents, who so generously bought tickets for myself and the boys and my sister and her kids, we all got to spend the day with Mickey!! I've waited and waited for the day when I was able to take my boys to Disneyland for the first times, to see their faces and listen to their excitement over every little thing. It was amazing! Only thing that would've made it better was if The Man was able to share it with us, but sadly work was calling his name.

So two weeks of vacation, a week with mom and dad and a week with sis and her kids, visiting family, playing games, doing touristy stuff and just hanging out.... all completely enjoyable.

But now back at home, lots of work to do to prepare for the move. Where will we move?? Who knows, lots of options... exciting stuff, that change is. :)

Dandelions

How does a little boy entertain himself while his big brother is away? By chasing dandelions of course! Poor Nolan has been going crazy since his big bro and best friend has been away in Georgia. He'll pretty much give anything a go just to make the time pass more quickly. Our next door neighbors yard just happens to be full of these fun little weeds. (fun for the boys, not so much fun for us but whatever. It's only a lawn right?)

He was having so much fun out there blowing on them and dancing around I had to run and grab my camera and big ol' stalker lens so he wouldn't catch me taking pictures of him. He was so cute!! Luckily he only has to wait another day or so and then his best friend will be home and they'll be terrorizing each other all around the house.

Time to Dust it Off

I noticed the cobwebs were starting to settle in here so I thought I should probably maybe post something. Too much has happened over the last, oh I don't know, 8 or 9 months or so... so I'll just get back into it with a sweet moment from last night.

The boys fell asleep in Mason's bed while watching a movie last night and this is what I came across when I went to check on them. Sometimes my heart swells so much I think it just might burst. :)