Last week at the Mt. House...

Brett spent the night and we did a little
baking...He likes to use the hand mixer
and lick the beaters.

Kayla turned 17 and we had a family dinner for
her birthday...Pineapple upside down cake was
her request.

B spent the night and Don and he played chess.
It is one of their favorite things to do.
(along with playing army and video games)

B has memorized most of the pieces and how they move,
but some of his moves are not legal.

 It looks like this game requires lots of
strategy on B's part...the position of your 
mouth helps you think.

bonding...

On the subject of snow...
I had wanted to be there in a snowstorm.
We live mostly at the beach and have little chance
to see any snow.

They had just had 6" of snow the week before
we arrived, but it warmed up and most of it
was gone by the time we showed up.

We did see some flakes flying around in the air though.

Now, it's back to work and looking forward to
SPRING!