January 2, 2009 flood...

Around lunchtime today I went next door and checked on the neighbors. I also took a few pictures from our property. Around our house there isn't much water. Which is a good thing.

Looking along the fenceline down the road. The water is over the top of the fence.

Looking down our driveway. It's the highest place on our road. As soon as our neighbor's property starts - that's where the water is.

Looking to the east to the actual river itself. It's still flowing into the fields but the overall water level is going down.

Oh no! We have a teenager in the house!

Our very excited brand new 13 year old got the game he's been wanting for a long time now! Actually all the boys and dad play it. It takes a lot of planning and thinking. A good game.

German Chocolate Cheesecake coming right up! Don't mind the interesting display of birthday candles. My darling husband came up with this. We were flooded in and couldn't get regular birthday candles. Fortunately Donovan is a teenager and they don't really care about things like that. Right?

On this day 13 years ago Donovan joined the family. Now and then. Happy Birthday Donovan!

It's New Year's Day!

It's New Year's Day 2009. We spent the past few days out of town. We were flooded in last Sunday. Left town Monday afternoon and came home today to....more flooding.

We are officially home now until the flood waters recede. The weather forecast says we are supposed to get 3-7 inches of rain here in the next day or two. Yikes! That's a lot of water.

New Year's Eve Dinner

We had dinner New Year's Eve with my side of the family. We also had birthday cake and ice cream for Nate's birthday.

My brother Joe taking an after dinner nap.

The birthday cake!

All the family waiting for cake and ice cream.

Everyone who was at the house for dinner this year. L-R we have me, Christopher, Nephi, Michael, Russell, Joseph, Mom, Dad, Nate, James. Back row L-R Jessica, Martin, Raphael and his friend Billy.

An afternoon at the bowling lanes...

These pictures are from yesterday's post. I didn't have a way to download the pics from my camera. So....posted them today! My nephew Nate had a birthday yesterday and Grandpa wanted to take all the grandsons bowling for a birthday present. They all had a great time! Grandpa came away with the highest score of 320. Michael came next with 311 and then Nephi with a 284 score. The other boys quit after 2 rounds.

Russell helping Nephi get started.

Michael getting started. He actually loved this sport. He had a great time and said it was his most favorite thing to do of all.

Donovan got a gutter ball. :(

Nate the birthday boy.

Nephi after he sends his ball it's very slow but merry way!

The birthday boy (Nate) again with his dad (James) and brother (Raphael).

Look at all the bowling balls we had going! Raphael is up to bowl as well.

And then there's Grandpa Dysart. The mastermind of this really fun outing!