Sorry for this awful picture, but I'm afraid it's the best that we got of our snow. If you can, picture our street as a winter wonderland... all the branches had at least four inches of snow piled on top and the streets were still bright and clean white. The day of this picture, the skies were the blue-est that I had seen in a while.

The office! We love how it turned out. Many thanks and expressions of gratitude to Mom, who helped me paint it these lovely shades of green.

I forgot that mom wanted to see what our dog "sugar" looks like. Or as dad calls her "splenda".

Kari & I on the deck after the frocking ceremony. (ask mom or dad if you have any ?'s with that)

"Presenting Aviation Machinists Mate 2nd Class Gregory R. Smith"..... AD2 Smith, G. R.

I will have better pictures later when I get my blues ready. Much better uniform!

Karissa had lots of fun making Cherry Wink cookies on Sunday with Grandma, Auntie Rachel and her mom. She took some to school to share with her friends for her birthday.

Here are a couple pics that were takin' during our canyon ride last weekend. No baby pictures quite yet...no scanner.

I wasn't actually breaking into my car, I was reaching for one of those glorious Mountain Dew's.

On Monday we got our first snow of the season. Unlike most first snows, this snow has stuck and is still on the ground and on our car. As I write, our second snow is falling; it is a lovely end to an otherwise dreary day.