Melkam Yelidet Beaal!

It's Christmas in Ethiopia.


And this little Ethiopian is celebratin'!

He played in the snow with Daddy. Had a blast at the Aggie basketball game with his cousins. And opened his gift from Ethiopia. 


Melkam Yelidet Beaal!
("Merry Christmas" in the Amharic language)

Fun in the Sun...er, Snow

April looked like this a lot.

So Mel threw a little "beach" party to remind us the sun will come again.

We were sure glad!

Still waiting for the sun though...

Not a Fish Story

This was almost a year ago (hence, the snow), but Mike will sure be happy I put it on the blog.
That's all.

May day.

oh.

May 1, 2008. (sigh)

Oh, The Madness.

Well, here it is the last day of March and I haven't even mentioned March Madness. On this blog, that is. I mean, my family trash-talks one another nearly every other day during the NCAA tourney (a little something we like to call Madsen Madness), so it's not like it was totally neglected. But I do feel I should at least mention that I got 3 out of the final four right. Yay me. So, I don't think I will have to do the 'loser' song & dance at the Pioneer Day family gathering in Fairview. Jenny Frame, on the other hand......might want to start tuning her viola.

Speaking of madness.....

I'm done with the snow. And the coldness. Is anyone with me? I mean, I think I did pretty well this winter. I didn't hate it. I don't even think I really complained about it. But that was during the WINTER.

IS IT NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SPRING NOW?

SPRING?

Where's the sun? Where are the happy little flower buds, and the birds, and the warmth? Where are the tree blossoms? And me on my bike, and the flip-flops? I can't even tell if there IS any green grass. Do you know why???

Because I woke up to 3 inches of NEW SNOW on the ground today.

Could somebody please fly me to, um, Mexico, or something?

Fair View

As I said before, we went to good ol' Fairview recently. We got to ride my Dad's awesome snowmobiles in perfect weather out north on Saturday, and again over west on Monday. We also watched a movie with my parents, took a nice Sunday drive to see the Kiteboarders up Fairview Canyon, and visited with Dan & Jer & their fams a little. Good times were had. And here are the pics to prove it.

There I am. What a champion.

There he is. Fancy footwork there, Hun. (Someday, I hope to work up to the one-knee approach, like him.)

Yeah. That's Mike pulling me on the sled. He was really happy about doing this. "MUSH! MUSH, Mike!"

Yup. Those are my boots. And my Dad giving Mike some moral support.

Random kiteboarder. This was for you, Crystal. Or, maybe more for Patrick. Thought of you guys when we were watching these.

Okay, this took a long time. Next time, less pictures and more typing. Or, less pictures and less typing. Yeah.