Queen Of The Castle

When I came home from the mountain on Sunday, the cats had a new home more fitting to their personalities. Apparently Hannah also had fun in the castle, but cats certainly ruled the roost.

RSVP

Michaela's Musical Theater class at LOHS had their make up performance last night (it was snowed out earlier in the week) as their class final. Taking miscellaneous numbers from several Broadway musicals, the students choreographed them, decided who would be in them, and finally, performed them to a paying audience. It was lots of fun! Michaela actually choreographed 3 numbers, including Be Our Guest from Beauty & The Beast; Skid Row from Little Shop of Horrors; and No Day But Today from RENT. She performed in others, and was really quite brilliant. Of course many others were incredible as well. For example; Noah and 8 girls performing Feeling Good from Roar Of Greasepaint Smell Of The Crowd) had the audience truly excited, especially those of us who know the boy! A superb job by all involved!

Another Snow Day

Yup, no school again, no work for Diane, but I had to truck on in to Gustav's today. It was pretty slow. Vu built a snowman on the bar. Shawna and Molly decorated it with food coloring. I hit Raymond with a snowball as he shovelled the walk. We all drank some coffee. And then I came home. Diane and Hannah had started a snow[wo]man in the backyard...although it looked alot like a wall of snow. Apparently the middle section was too heavy to pick up. So I finished it, with some details provided by Hannah. Pretty fun though. Did I mention that someone in the neighborhood though it was a good idea to create a slolem course down the street by placing 3 foot square snowballs every 20 feet or so? And it's still icy here...so, you either slam into a huge pile of snow, or you swerve around it, spinning out of control and ending up in someone's yard. So as a responsible homeowner, I destroyed them; which was kinda fun in itself!

Snow Day (official this time!)

Yeah, we awoke to heavy snow this morning, and no school for the girls. Diane was going to work from home, but a boss from the county called and said that they wouldn't pay her unless she came in (which would take about 4 hours - with chains!). So she has the day off too. After and hour and a half of not reaching anyone at my work, I called the Rheinlander, and they told me to go to work anyway, cause the chef and GM were on their way, but stuck in traffic. On my way in, Ben called me and told me not to come in. Grrr. Luckily, the roads (sidestreets to be sure) were no problem for the Montero...did I mention it's for sale? Anyway, I challenged some neighborhood kids to an all out snowball fight, and we gathered by the Brown's and had a small war and did some sledding. Michaela bailed out first to go home and make hot chocolate. It ended for me when Hannah poured snow down my pants and up my shirt. She came home a bit later screaming from the cold. Diane took the cats outside to check out the snow. Lucy liked it and would have stayed out to explore, but Susan did not like it at all! All in all, a fun time, and we're nice and warm inside now!

LOHS Winter Formal 2007

Michaela and Peaslee are headed to the Lake Oswego High Winter Formal tonight, after a dinner at The Charthouse with their friends Pei and Mike. We were invited (with the other parents) to go and take pictures at Dani's house, where the girls all got together to dress and such, and will return for an overnighter. Fun fun.

New Year's Day Cat Find

So the camera was sleeping during our New Year's Eve celebration, but Hannah and I decided to make our own Kitty-Find book, like the Where's Waldo? type books. Here's the first picture: Can you find the Kitty in Michaela's room?

Christmastime...

Yeah, it's after Christmas, but I never got around to blogging all of this, what with the excitement of Disneyland and the 23 hour drive home! We left Michaela with her dad, and Peaslee with his grandparents in California. Still, a long drive.

So Hannah sang with the Carol Choir to lead the 3pm Christmas Eve service at Lake Grove Presbyterian Church, she even had a solo and a line! Woo Hoo! It was great. Afterwards, we headed over to the big family bash at my cousin Cindy's. That was fun, as always, and during the gift exchange there were no less than 4 coffee related items (we got a cool one-togo-cup coffee maker). I made friends with a 6 foot deranged evil-doctor guy, and Hannah played with her... cousin-in-law? for most of it.

Christmas morning found us opeing gifts by the fireplace. Hannah's Grammy sent her a Pearl Pink Gameboy via Santa. After, we went to my parents for a quick breakfast, and a whole lot of gift opening! Back at home, Diane cooked up prime rib (we stopped at Harris Ranch coming back from Anaheim) and twice baked potatoes... yum yum!