January Thaw..and Some Extra Pictures!

Hey everyone!

Happy New Year! It's hard to believe it's January already, especially with the strange weather we've been having. What ever happened to snowy Christmases? It's been so mild, rainy, foggy..we even had a thunder and lightening storm! Actually, Kim took some video of it, which you can check out on her blog.

I figured I'd throw together a post with some older pictures from Festivus that I didn't get to put on, some from New Year's visits, and some from this past weekend. It's quite the "mixed-bag"!

Less talk..more pictures! This is a picture from a few weeks past (a pre-Festivus party if you will..ha ha!). I thought it was about time I put a decent picture of Jana on here..and no Jana, it's not one of your butt! For those of you who don't know her that well, when a camera points at her, she prefers to show that side! I have SO many "butt pictures" of her it's crazy! One of these days she'll learn...ha ha!

And this my friends, is the last "Santa Hat" picture you'll see of me for another whole year! I'm so sick of looking at that damn hat! :) I really wanted to include it though, because for once Kim and I took a half decent picture together! Believe me, this is a really rare occurrence!

Around New Years (can't be sure of the exact day...), Darcy's brother Mike, his wife Norma and son Ryan came over for a visit. Ryan plays electric guitar and has the same Marshall amp as Mitchell, so the two of them put on a show. They did a pretty good job playing together, and I must say that Ryan is like a mini Angus Young! He has all of his moves down pat. Of course, I had to take a picture of them...serious business here folks! :)

On the 30th, the Martin clan rolled into town, and so did Gammy (Dan). Coll and Daniel had been here for the whole week. The Martin's came over, we had supper together, and later on the Gammy clan arrived. Poor Autumn was getting rather bored with her visit here, (Mitch was playing his new XBox), so thankfully Mitch remembered that he had a huge stash of Play-Doh that he's never used. Once that was brought out not only was Autumn and Arianna entertained, but Coll and Jen too! Ha ha! :)

Here's Coll and Daniel..Daniel enjoyed playing with the plastic scissors from the set, we figured he'd probably just eat the Play-Doh! :) He's so sweet..and growing up so fast!

Jen and Arianna working away...look at those rosy cheeks on Arianna! :)

Autumn with her "serious" pose...she's so cute!

This past weekend, (on Saturday), it poured rain all day long. Our backyard looked like a pond, it was crazy! Here's some shots of how the yard looked to give you an idea of how much freakin' rain we had...



The funny thing...after all that craziness, we had a snowstorm on Monday! Schools were closed, even work shut down early for Pete's sake. I have to admit, I was very happy to see the snow (unlike most people). I don't think it'll last very long though, especially since it turned mild again. It kinda feels like spring here..slushy and muddy..ick!

So..this weekend is our "Farewell Scott" party at the camp (weather depending). Hard to believe he's headin' out west, but he's not alone! It would be interesting to know how many people have left Miramichi this past year. There's lots of jobs here now anyway! :) My step-sister Jen and her boyfriend Rick have left as well. In fact, they should be arriving in Grande Prairie tonight sometime. All I can say is good luck to all of you guys...I wish you all the best! Keep in touch, and you'll be missed..

Well..guess that about sums 'er up! Take care everyone!

Liss :)