The Streetpoet

Thanks to Darrell and Eric who so thoughtfully brought their sleds for the boys to play with, and also for giving up half of their snowboarding time to come play with us, the boys got to experience wonderful snow and the speed of a good downhill slide! Peter drove and drove as far as he could up a mountain until we found a spot with clean, unpacked snow and someplace not too steep. It was a truly wonderful afternoon, but oh, so cold! And the majestic biggness of the world there reminded me how great our God is!

The Schramm’s invited us to share a cabin with them in Wrightwood for two days for a chance to spend some time together and so the guys could snowboard and ski. We jumped at the chance and were blessed with a wonderful time! We drove up Thursday evening and arrived to a hot meal prepared by Verity and we met little Beau for the first time! Darrell, Eric, Abby, and Nathan drove up the next morning and with Byron and Peter, spent til mid-day on Mountain High. Meanwhile I took the boys out to the little bit of snow left behind the cabin:

Since Audrey’s mommy is very sick, the kids came up to our house for the afternoon and we had a little party! We had hot dogs and cupcakes and party poppers, not to mention body paint, slipin’slide, and swinging!

Audrey is a precious little gal and she and Seth have worlds of fun together. We’re so glad you’re our neighbor, darlin’! Happy Birthday!

Wherein Ian discovers that he can push the door open and get into MUD!!! And afterwards enjoy a warm bath and a teething biscuit.

We have been inside for a week, it seems. Like Seth says “It’s pretty sure windy!” we couldn’t go out in it comfortably, and then the rains came for days, which I love, but now there is mud. The boys love mud…I don’t. And it’s cold. But the orchard is finally passable and that’s what really counts around here!