All the snow was so Beautiful today...Finesse just absolutely LOVES Winter Snow, so we took this oppurtunity to take some Senior Winter Portraits.  Finesse, you were a lot of FUN and you came out so Gorgeous, hope you like them. Here are 35 of my favorites!

Well, it started snowing lightly yesterday, and has been snowing pretty much all morning today. Finesse and I had to go to the libraray to drop off stuff that was due today. I almost didn't go, cuz as someone in a big black SUV was turning into our subdivision, they must have been going to fast  cuz they slid across the road and almost hit our house, good thing for the curb or it would have.

Well, because my Jag has All Wheel Drive, I decided to go to the library anyway and test that baby out and  see how it did in the snow.  And Boy oh Boy, shoulda stayed home...there were cars in ditches and sliding around all over the road, one young lady was parked in the middle of the road crying and on her cell phone as she was watching another car in the  oncoming traffic lane in a ditch...the guy that went into the ditch was okay he was outside of his car on his cell phone too, so she stopped in the middle of the road and made us all go around her...which made that more dangerous for us. I was starting to get nervous, but I guess my car's All Wheel Drive did it's job, so my car did fine. I was surprised, cuz cars right in front of me and next to me in the oncoming traffic lane were swerving all over the place...so then I was just worried that someone was gonna slide into me :] But we got home safely, Whew! What should have been a 10 minute trip was more like a 40 min. trip... I was driving 20mph most of the way. When we took off it was 29 degrees and halfway to the library in Maple Valley it had dropped to 26 degrees. On our way back home the Crying lady was still in the middle of the road...but now, I guess trying to calm herself down was smoking a cigarette. The guy that went into the ditch was still there too and still on his cell phone. 

This is really nothing in comparison to when I lived in Michigan...I can remember the shoveled snow on the side of sidewalks was taller than me as I walked 2-3 miles to get to my elementary school...it felt like I was walking through the parted RED SEA OF SNOW! So I can literally tell my kids and grandkids that "When I was a kid I used to walk 2-3 miles in the snow just to get to school" Ha Ha : ) 

Finesse says that her Pug (Jackson) loves the snow as much as her. When we got home from the library she grabbed a snowball for him and put it in his dish, he gobbled it right up, so she went down and got a bowl full for him then she took him out for a walk.  Here are some Pics I took with my Droid phone.

Finesse and I just returned from a much needed Mother/Daughter month long Journey. The time away was just what we needed to rekindle our friendship.  We are a great Mother/Daughter Team once again. Here are a few pictures from our trip to Texas. I got a few shades darker, Finesse turned 19 while there, and had lots of good times and made lots of memories!

This next Collage is of us with My Glama Girls...They both started wearing eyeglasses, while we were down there. Poor Babies, but they are still Adorable!

This next collage is of pictures that I took with my Droid phone on one of our many walks. I didn't get a chance to edit these images

This next collage was also taken with my Droid phone...so not the best pics. But I had to capture my Castroville Country Dream Home. It has a beautiful wrap around porch, 2 bdm., 2 ba., only 1,300 sq. ft home but it sits on an acre with about 30 pecan trees, and is river front property...I want it!

This is my Hometown...Castroville, it is an Alsation town. I miss it, I went to the movies as a kid in that theatre .50 a movie

Candid shots of Kasidy playing in the river. We stayed at my Cousin Bill's home, he lives right on the river. Danyel found a perfect heart-shaped rock...she was so proud of it! 

Staying here was unbelievably peaceful...we'd get up take our coffee down to the river and talk, think, feed the ducks, pray and meditate on life.

This next collage is of my Sister Laura (LuLu) and her husband Steve and my Brother Robert (Bobby) and his wife Rina and myself on our last night there. Lulu had me over for a Farewell Dinner. It was a lot of Fun. I left the next morning Friday at 6am and got home Saturday night at 10pm.

This next Collage is of our Welcome Home...Aww Adam really missed us. He even used my arts and crafts stuff and my glue gun to make this welcome home sign, Whata Guy! He had Orchid plants for each of us, and huge Godiva Chocolate bar for each of us, Dark Chocolate for Finesse (her favorite), milk chocolate for me (my favorite) and a dozen pink roses for me! He said I can never leave again : )

I was looking out of the window at the sunset last evening and saw how pretty the raindrops looked on the Cherry Blossom trees ( atleast I think these are cherry blossoms) I dont have Washington flowers and trees and plants down yet.

These Images were taken in Leavenworth, Wa. I couldn't decide on just one for Image of the week...so I chose my 4 favorite! 

Cool Tree in Muckleshoot, Wa.

The Horn Blower at the Enzian Hotel in Leavenworth...he blows his horn every morning at the exact same time!

This is a Bed and Breakfast we had lunch at...after our day at Mt. Rainier