Wednesday, February 10, 2010

....and More Snow.......

Kind of like a Moonscape....
These pictures will be more impressive years from now, or maybe in the summer. Right now, it's pretty much the way it is everywhere...huge drifts and missing cars. The drifting makes it hard to measure. Crofton got 12.8" and BWI got 19.5", I would say we are somewhere in the middle.
Where did April's car go? It's somewhere under this snow in the picture above.
This was the glacier that was moving towards her car from the other direction. At it's height it is up to my chest, roughly 5 feet. It may have moved more by morning....

Sunday, February 07, 2010

More Snow!!

Ethan posing by the back door as the snow piled up higher than him (he's 33")

Official measurements using trusty yardstick:
Center of Backyard: 29-30"
Deck in Backyard: 34-35"
Front yard: 26-28"
(Not counting snow that was already on the ground before this storm)

Foot of snow on front porch

Neighbor across the street

Ethan got more into the snow than ever before!
Digging out (Ethan is next to the car)
His literal words: "Hat, away, hat, away" He wanted me to put it away so he could get to the instrument underneath.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Saturday, November 07, 2009

San Diego

Sunset on the return flight
Ethan Eating Chocolate
Sunset on Mount Soledad
Ethan facing off at lunch


Balboa Park
Mount Soledad (again)


The Star of India (an 1800's trader)
HMS Surprise Replica

Ethan on board a Soviet Sub

On a harbor cruise
La Jolla, where the seals are usually spotted (they were elsewhere on this day)
Cliffs at Torrey Pines State Park
SOUS (Seaweed of Unusual Size)

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Pumpkin Picking

Pumpkin carving is sort of a tradition (turned competition) for Brian, my sister and I. So, on Sunday (in the cold and rain) we went pumpkin picking at Queen Anne Farm.
Ethan pulling the wagon:
Ethan riding in the wagon (he's having a great time...really):


And, of course, the end result:

There is some debate over which pumpkin is the best. I'm partial to the ones on the first step up, but when I asked our 3 year old neighbor which he liked best, he said the pirate (sorry, but using a pattern is cheating) and the "cat." You decide :-)

And an incredibly cute picture of Ethan, just because:

As for Halloween, we will be in warm, sunny San Diego. Now, that's my idea of a happy Halloween :-)

~J

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Late Summer Update

Trip to Mobile, Alabama (Jenn and Ethan tagged along)

We visited Bellingrath gardens, a very nice, not so hot day to enjoy the outdoors.


Jenn took this great shot of a butterfly, in the "butterfly garden". Along the way we actually saw a snake, frog, some big fish, crabs, snails, and a lion made of stone. We wanted to see an alligator, but didn't that day. We did see one in the evening the day before we left though (outside a restaurant in the water), so the trip was complete.

We visited the USS Alabama (decommissioned battleship). Ethan had a great time. Here he is walking the deckplates and checking the integrity of the ship.



We took a look from across the Mobile river at the USS Independence (LCS 2), the reason for my trip (Builder's Sea Trials).