Today was S_'s Band Recital
Steve took pictures of the girls.

Boy he loves legos. He has been working hard building projects.
Working on a Star Wars tie fighter.
March 20th in his Birthday- he is very excited to turn 7.

A second ultrasound is scheduled for March 19th at 2:30pm. We are anxious to get a better look than last time.

Here is our new baby! We had an ultrasound today and got to see the first pictures. The dark oval is the amniotic sac. The grey area inside the sac, on the left side, is probably the fetus. :-D Click on the picture for a high-res version.

Steve is growing seeds indoors for a summer garden. Here are some pictures.

Various Tomato Seedlings:


Walla Walla Onion Seedlings:


The (legal) indoor grow operation:

Getting ready for baby. Here is the bedding that we are using for the babies nursery. We have chosen the colors deep green and chocolate brown.

This week we went and picked up an infant car seat with 2 car seat bases. It is nice to not have to switch everything around each time you go anywhere.

So there is a little one on the way. We are so excited. Today we are going to Snoqualmie to pick up this hand made cradle.

Roses for Valentines Day. This was a beautiful surprise. These roses are a Parisian breed that has scalloped edges, which makes them look like lace. I am very appreiciative.

I got my Valentines present early because as a family we exchanged gifts on Steve's day off, Sunday. I love my heart and the man who gave it to me. Happy Valentines everyone.

More Valentines fun.

More presents...

Happy Valentines! A present just for you.

S looks very chic modeling her new beanie. I have been contracted by the School District here to teach a class to kids over Spring Break on "Creating a beanie." Very excited to teach.

C is beary excited to go to game works.

C looks on intensely involved in gaming.

Father and son at the shooting gallery- having a blast on Super Bowl Sunday. The whole family had a great time. We thought Game Works would be a fun place to watch the game and entertain the kids.

Driving a race car in the simulator.

Crashing in cars at game stop

Kids playing dance dance revolution.

New hair again. Seems Steve can barely adjust and I make a change. This time it is platinum blond and black. Very funky fun.

Having friends over in the New Year.

Ready to hit the town...
Heading out for teen night with friends.

Family Fun

The new jaguar...

Santa Came.

Silly, Silly.

Steve is chaining up at the grocery store because it is too treacherous.

Lots of snow. Yesterday we had no snow and this has accumulated since last night.

Morning Cheer Marmalade

Tonight we made a double batch of Morning Cheer Marmalade. Sloan family: expect yummy gifts in the near future!

More pics of my lovely machine.

Steve got me a Dyson last night. Over the holidays my vacuum rebelled and I was very blue as am a compulsive vacuumer. I am thrilled- it is so great. It is the DC17 model and I cannot believe how well it does.

My ticket to see the best movie of the year- Children of Men. It was awesome. You can join the e-community at thehumanprojectlives.org

My shiny new present. I love it.

Happy Holidays.

This Christmas Ham was our gift from Mason Meat Market. A fifteen pound beauty that was cooked with a spicy mustard and cracked pepper crust. Yummmmmm...

Auntie's Fruit Salad, a usual side dish made at our family affairs.

My Christmas gift.

Happy Anniversary Stephen and Luci. 2 years ago today Stephen proposed to Luci at Westlake Center in Seattle, Washington. I said yes and we are living happily ever after...

The kids are crafty. They made this gingerbread house while at day camp.

Lines of cars in line at the gas station, 10 cars wide and 8-10 cars long. People were filling all their cars plus any spare gas cans.

This sign is from the oil embargo but it rings true tonight. There is no gasoline in town. We went to a neighboring city with a COST CO and that was the only place we could find, due to the power outages. It was like a ghost town in the rest of the city with everything pitch black.

Down trees in Western Washington make travel difficult. Howling windstorms and heavy rains left at least four people dead and more than 1 million homes and businesses without power across Western Washington early Friday. School was closed for the kids today along with 54 others were closed to.

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree
harvested from a nearby farm we have
an 8 foot Douglas Fir- it smells so good!
We are decorating the tree and "S_" is hanging
the new Santa Claus on the tree. Jeremy came over
and hung out and helped decorate. We had fun
picking out some new ornaments to go with
Candice Sloan's Tree Skirt, which we were the
happy recipients of last year. It is under our
tree with presents on it, alas, our camera is in
getting repaired. Our cell phone does not seem to
be able to capture it since it is dark. We will try though.

A jolly season it is. Our middle child plays the flute this evening in her first recital. She was fabulous and is so grown up. We are beaming with pride.

Last night I worked on recipes for organic spa products. Mm mm... they are yummy. There are orange zest bath salts, homemade soaps and honey body sugar.