Friday, December 26, 2008

snow piles











i took a few pictures of the snow piles before they melt, temps today are suppose to get up to the 40's. we had an additional 3 inches of snow thursday night into friday morning, now friday night we will get rain and fog! 90 days from now means more precip!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

more christmas pictures











here are some pictures of the folks with their presents.

picture of military greeting


here is a picture i took from the tv screen

christmas eve present opening







here are some pictures of us on christmas eve opening our presents.

christmas eve snow











here are a few pics of our snow, right now we are getting heavy wet snow, up to 5 inches. i heard at work that we are suppose to get 28 snowsotrms this year, so far we have 11 storms.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

snowstorm eli











well here are a few pictures of this last storm to hit last night, we got 7 and a half inches. now sunday it is blowing and drifting. and very cold! -6 is the temp. ma and i went to take the car for a ride, we went to walgreens they had vitamins on sale and then to st. peter the fisherman to get a church bulletin, seeing that the weather has been so bad the last 2 sundays ma has stayed home.

Friday, December 19, 2008

another winter snow storm











here are a few pictures of our driveway and sidewalk, from the 9 or more inches of snow we received from 3 am to noon today.

Monday, December 15, 2008

downstairs decorations











we came home from the store and then we finished the downstairs decorating. here are a few pictures of it all done.

my christmas trees




here are 2 pitures of my christmas trees.

neighborhood decorations











here are a few pictures of our and the neighbors christmas lights.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

first snowstorm of the year!
















here are a few pictures of our snow fall from last night into tuesday afternoon. ma came out to help me brush the snow off the car before they came to snowblow us out. i told her to go in the house when she said her knee hurts. also some pictures of the upstairs back porch and our pine tree, she is getting bigger!

Saturday, December 6, 2008

winter in tr







here is a picture of ma brushing the snow off the car, after i did it. also one picture of the manitowoc shoreline from the lighthouse inn.

22nd street to the beach road.







i took some pictures thru the car window of the new turn onto 22nd. hope it makes sense. also here is a picture of neshotah park where brett went to play when he was in town.

lake michigan from the lighthouse inn
















ma took me to the lighthouse inn so i could take some pictures of the lake. wow, the waves were high and the icebergs were getting huge! we took a drive on the beach road but there wasn't any icebergs.