December 25, 2009 by Katie
…the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2: 10-14
To all our family & friends—Merry Christmas from sunny Seattle!
Not able to go back to Kansas for Christmas this year (super sad about this), we stayed in Seattle and enjoyed a quiet and relaxing day to ourselves. We slept in, made coffee & cocoa, read the Christmas story, exchanged our gifts to each other, and took a nice long walk all over quiet downtown.
No white Christmas for us, but we’re thinking of everyone back in the Midwest who are snowed in from the blizzard. I wish I could be there too. Stay safe and warm. If you’re sick of the snow (and can get a flight out), it’s gorgeous out here, and we’d love visitors. 
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Thankfully, we were able to fly over to Idaho last weekend and celebrate an early Christmas with Todd’s parents. It’s nice to have them (somewhat) close to us so we can spend a little holiday time together. It was good to relax, visit our favorite coffee shop, walk around Coeur d’Alene, and savor the traditional yummy prime rib & yorkshire pudding for ‘Christmas Dinner’. There certainly wasn’t the plethora of snow like we had last year, but our stay was filled with excitement anyways.
Thanks for hosting us Mom & Dad!
December 10, 2009 by Katie
My mom found this poem I had written nearly 14 years ago and sent it to me this morning as they’re snowed in on the farm.
How fitting.
WINTER DAYS
I stare out of my window
and look at the white blanket of snow,
Leaving nothing to show
The flowers,never to know.
There are tracks from me and my fun
The snowmobile and sledtime has just begun
When the time must come
I’ll cry for the season will be done.
The stingy winter chill,
tickles my nose and leaves me with a thrill
The wind and its torturous kill
Freezes the air for frost to fill.
Behold the lovely winter day
The snow is the only place to play
Follow the wind it leads the way
Blowing forever with nothing to say.
KATIE ELIZABETH Dec. 12,1995
I now wonder where my poetry skills have disappeared to……*sigh*.
While I’m still anticipating our first Seattle snow of the season, we’ve been having unusually chilly temps and even more unusually sunny December days for almost a week now. ‘December’, ‘Seattle’ and ’sun’ are rarely spoken in the same sentence.
But, let it snow, I’m ready.
September 25, 2009 by Katie
You may be wondering why we’ve had a long absence….well, our blog got to take a nice long nap for 3 weeks while we embarked on our Europe trip—or what I’ve since named ‘Todd & Katie’s Most Excellent EuroAdventure2009′.
We just arrived back home to Seattle last night and now I feel like I need a 3 week nap. Aren’t vacations supposed to be relaxing??
What a whirlwind it was; our days were overflowing with awesome experiences in foreign lands. We can’t wait to share more about our travels and let you see the wonderful sights we did (be forewarned—I believe we came home with about 5,000 pictures that we get to sort through).
In the meantime, don’t mind me if I am speaking random words of German and French.
Toot de la frute!
August 19, 2009 by Katie
Somebody had a birthday today….and it wasn’t me.
Somebody even baked their own birthday cake and it was yummy.
Happy Birthday to my awesome husband and best friend. Here’s to many more cakes together….
