Home Sweet Home

I'm HOME!!! Yippee! Yahoo! Oh it was so good to sleep in my own bed last night with hubby by my side. I've missed that very much. But...I do miss my little Piper a whole bunch. We had heavy rain when we left Portland yesterday for the first three hours of the drive. It changed to drizzle for awhile and then we actually had dry pavement for about half an hour. Then it was into the heavy snow coming down. I felt so blessed and thankful for good neighbors when we got home and found our driveway and sidewalks all snowblowed for us. I was thinking about trudging through snow to unpack the car and it was wonderful to find it all done. It's been flurrying all day today but no accumulation. I took Craig and Addie, (the lovely neighbors), two knitted dishcloths and Addie was overjoyed. She loves when I give her handmade things, especially dishcloths. She said Craig did the snow removal but she's happy to take the dishcloths! :-)

Following are few pictures that were on the camera when I got home. Miss Piper LOVES to be read to. She follows the pictures in the books and has definite favorites already. Mandy reads to her every single night and has since her first day home. Our family are all a bunch of bookworms. You should have heard our movers when we moved from Nebraska!

Here is the picture of Gracie, Teresa and Taci when we had lunch together two weeks ago while I was in Portland. All are bloggers that live in the Portland area and it's fun to get together when I visit. The three of them lunch together quite often and I'm jealous!

The last picture is of Polly and Chloe. Notice the same exact pose!!! They are always in the same position as the other. If one is curled up in a ball, the other is too. Chloe is really missing Polly today and Mandy say's Polly is acting lonely too. So sad.

I've spent the morning catching up on desk work and cleaning some. A busy day but it's really good to be home and around all that's familiar.

Sorry this is short. Lots to do when you've been gone a long time! Have a wonderful day.

Blessings,

Betsy

At the Coast

Hubby and I are at the coast for a couple of days before heading back to Spokane. Although it's raining, it's fairly warm, 50 degrees. Since there is a winter storm warning at home today and lots of snow, I'm not complaining about the rain. We're happy to just be together again.

We went window shopping on the bayfront in Newport this morning and I took some Sea Lion pictures for you while we were there. Hubby also bought me my Christmas present, a Keurig coffee maker in Newport. We ate lunch at Sizzler because they have a very good salad bar.

The first two are scenic pictures from Cape Foulweather this morning and the last two are pictures from our room when we arrived yesterday.

I did finish a baby hat and an adult hat on the drive yesterday but I don't have a photo of those. This afternoon will be spent relaxing in our room, with maybe a dip on the hot tub and pool later.

Of course I can't leave you without a picture of Piper yesterday. Hubby took it while I held her before we went church.

Babysitting Piper

Be warned. If you don't care for baby pictures, you might want to skip this post. Today is my last day of babysitting Miss Piper. Hubby is flying in tonight and we'll stay here till Sunday after church.

Then it's off to the coast until Tuesday when we'll be back here overnight. I want to make sure to leave the house, laundry and all, clean for Mandy. So, we'll get up early Wednesday and get everything done after the kids leave for work and then drive home. I'm so ready to be home for awhile, but oh, how I'm going to miss my little Piper. Believe it or not, my son-in-law says he wishes I could stay. He makes me feel very comfortable and not like I'm intruding. Mandy says it's cause I cook for him and clean the house!!!

The first picture is of my daughter & Piper. Isn't it adorable? Piper adores her Mommy and misses her a lot during the day, I can tell. She sure wants Mommy when she gets home from work.

Then, there's Piper with her Daddy. This is her favorite way to have Daddy carry her. She likes to see what's happening.

Next is a baby hat I finished last night. I haven't knitted much this week. I've been way too busy playing with Piper.

Finally, Piper where she is at this very moment. The garbage truck came by at woke her up so Grandma decided to rock her back to sleep. It's such a hardship. :-). I adore this baby girl.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. A brand new year to appreciate God's blessings in our lives. He has surely blessed me.

Betsy