It's Been 5 Weeks Already! I've Been Lazin' Around!

Well it's been awhile since my last post. We had some serious snow in that time. And then my wonderful computer stopped working and had to go to the computer ICU at my friend David's house. David fixed the thing and now it runs like it's out of the box again! Amazing.

While cooped up during our blizzard and when the computer was out, I took some footage of my favorite little human to share. This blog entry is a snowy-filled, high adventure, full of interesting delights and action packed! We begin with epic snow (in 1 week with 3 storms we got about 9 feet of snow!), move to gripping, on the edge of your seat round of Candyland, followed with dining and conversations that would make Socrates' head spin and end with action filled adventure sledding. So sit back and grab a bag of popcorn and your favorite person and enjoy the shows!

Getting set-up since the power went out. 

Galen's ready 

Base camp-day one of blizzard 

I ventured out to the front yard to take this pic of our house, WHAT HOUSE! 

The back of the house

Kaya in her self-made super highway

Day 2 of blizzard and the snow is almost as tall as me!

This is what happens when a small boy is inside for too long

Don't let this happen to you!

Day after blizzard = giant snowman day

Our snowman in all his glory

What happens after creating such a snowman masterpiece.

My son is so beautiful!

A local store was closing and we got this dog they used for displays for stupid-cheap. Galen uses it as either a blanket or pillow.

Adventures in SnowShoeing

About a week ago, I picked up a pair of snowshoes for Galen. We like going for walks and he can walk 2 miles now. I love snowshoeing and really have not been able to do it for years because Galen was too small to do it on his own but too big for me to carry (snowshoeing is hard enough, one does not need an extra person to haul around). I was nervous because Galen can be sometimes difficult to convince to try new things. He took to it like a fish to water! We snowshoed for an hour and a half. We began in our front yard and then crossed the street, said hello to Sierra at her resting place and trekked around the forest for a while. Of course he took spills and whinned a little when he did fall but there were no tears, no melt-downs and he esp. loved it when I taught him how to get up because Mommy had to fake fall in the snow to show him how. Fake falling then became the greatest thing. When we were coming back home, I asked him what he wanted for lunch and he said "eggs! lots of eggs!" (this is what I usually want after a long snowshoe day). Galen is so adorable and surprising.

Our New House and Christmas Cheer!

So much has happened since Galen's birthday. We took a trip to the L.A. area to see Marci and we also got to see Ben, Karen and Kaitlyn. Here are a few photos.

Well it only took a week but me and Galen are all moved into our new home. We are living with my friend Katie, who is another single mom of a 15-year-old named Eric. The house is huge, esp. for me! It has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 living rooms, a huge kitchen, a storage room and a sunroom. Galen does laps between the 2 living rooms. Here's some footage of the home* with Galen playing in the snow too.

*WARNING: Watching this video may cause flashbacks from the 60's and/or dizziness as nothing coordinates, there's red and gold bordello wallpaper, red, black, orange and yellow casino-style carpet in one room with dusty rose tile on the countertops and red shag carpeting in another room.

Ya baby, red shag

Casino carpet with dusty-rose tile counter

Bordello wallpaper in the entryway

The front of our house

Even Galen thought his gas was bad...

Galen's super-secret hiding place

Katie lookin' right-fine

At Thanskgiving

Milkshake madness took him down

This photo makes him look gigantic! No more baby here.

So right after Thanksgiving, we had an epic snow storm. It was classified as a blizzard! We got 3 feet of snow at our house and the footage of Galen in the snow up above was when we had received only a foot. Here are some pics of that craziness.

Slackin' on the job

Modelling the new snow pants

After the mountain gets snow and the sky is clear, the mountain glows just after sunset.

As you all know, I don't really do the Christmas card thing mostly due to time constraints. But this year I discovered a new media for which to send a Christmas greeting. So here's a video card starring me, Galen my folks and Ben. I can't wait to see you all.

XOXOXO, Amos

Galen's 4th Birthday and other Silliness

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GALEN!!!!

Well the young master had his 4th birthday a couple of days ago. We celebrated with some of his friends last Saturday. It was a blast. I have a recap of the festivites.

I sort of felt like we had been taken over by a band of

midget pirates (lost boys version) after all was said and done...

The "Dr. Seuss" Birthday Cake (not intended but tasty anyhow)

Cake Carnage

Birthday Haircut

Random Silliness

So last week, after my court date, I had my "court" shoes out. Galen put them on to discover that these shoes made a loud clacking noise on the floor. This is Galen clacking and being silly with my shoes.