Monthly Archive for December, 2008

More snow

Published on December 21, 2008 in shenanigans. 3 Comments Tags: .

Man, it just keeps snowing here. Our stake canceled all church meetings today because the roads are dangerous, so Meg and I took another walk around the neighborhood to see what snowy shenanigans were going on. The neighborhood kids had found the perfect spot for sledding in the park a couple blocks from our house, so Meg grabbed her old snowboard and we joined in the fun. The weather forecast is saying six more inches will fall by tomorrow, so it could be quite the adventure to get to work. I was used to riding my bike in the snow on my mission, but I haven’t tried it here yet. I’m not sure that I will.

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Winter comes to Seattle

Published on December 16, 2008 in shenanigans. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

It’s finally winter in Seattle! It started snowing Saturday night, so Meg and I took a short walk around the neighborhood to see the sights. Here are a few pics of what we saw. The last picture is from my ride home last week — the Christmas ships were playing carols over their loudspeakers for the crowd at Ballard Locks.

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About Mesa

Published on December 8, 2008 in observations. 3 Comments Tags: , , .

Most of my family lives in Mesa, Arizona, so I’ll probably end up there sometime in my life, just so I can be close to them. My two main complaints about the city, though, are that it is too hot (not much can be done about that) and too spread out (I like my largely car-free existence). There was an article in The Economist recently about how the “biggest city you’ve never heard of” finally may be getting some urban planning. It’ll be interesting to see what comes of it.

I see England, I see France

Published on December 7, 2008 in family and travel. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Thankfully, though, the underpants remained out of sight for the most part.

I should have blogged this a month ago, when Ally and I got back from our trip to England and France (and Belgium for a few hours), but you know how I put things off.

Anyway, the trip was really fun. I think Ally’s favorite part was when we were looking at a menu outside a restaurant in Paris and the owner came out to talk to us. When I replied “bon soir” to his greeting, he looked at me and said, “You’re not French, are you?” It’s kind of discouraging that he could tell from two words. I’ll have to work on my accent.

The weather was cold and drizzly most of the time, kind of like Seattle at this time of year. But that didn’t keep us from walking all over the place. We both had some nice blisters on our feet by the end of the second week.

We were glad Paul could meet up with us a couple of nights in London and then in Bath so we could visit with our little bro for awhile. Plus, he just makes everything more fun with his quirky comments and good humor.

I didn’t take quite as many pictures as Ally did, but here’s a sampling of what I got:

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