Life at Lake Ki

It's crazy that we have been here in Washington almost three months already. Apparently we were here for one of their coldest winters. We went through quite a lot of propane and the lake was actually frozen for at least a week which rarely happens. The kids and I had fun going out on the dock and pushing on the ice to see if it would break. It was pretty solid though I wouldn't have tried walking on it. It was so beautiful!

Since it was so cold, we spent a lot of time inside. The humidity makes the cold so much colder! I came out of my room one day to the kids sitting on the couch together playing on Atreyu's Kindle. They were there for over an hour. Moments like those really make me love being a mom.

Another morning Cambria came in my room as I was getting ready and she put the jewelry box on the bed, took the jewelry out, and then started decorating the jewelry box with the jewelry. Atreyu came in and joined her. After they were done decorating, they brought in some figurines and pretended the jewelry box was a stage and all the different figurines were performers. It was so sweet.

And yet another morning, I came out of my room and found Cambria laying on Diesel watching her Kindle. She loves that dog so much.

Poor Diesel. Boxers on average live 9 to 10 years. He will be 10 in April and just a couple weeks ago he really started to show his age. We think he may have had a mini stroke or something. He has right sided weakness and any time he exerts himself a lot, he loses control of the right side of his mouth and it just droops. He's been having some trouble with stairs and he's just not as spry as he used to be. I don't know what we'll do without him. We'll all miss him so much and I don't think that Cambria will let us get away without having another dog. We love you Diesel!