Christmas Weekend & our Snow Storm

As you know from my last post, we went to Coos Bay the day after Christmas. On our way we swung by Roseburg to visit with our Son Andrew, Brandie and Calaya. Calaya showed us her present: a new puppy named Rajah (the tiger in Aladdin). She is regal but anything but a tiger. She is a King Charles Spaniel and a beautiful and loving puppy. She thought Drake was great. He wasn't sure how to relate to a small puppy but he treated her OK.

She and Calaya are already great buddies. Calaya knows how to pet her properly and they have bonded quite fast. Rajah loves to be held and loved. That's what she was bred for. When you see a photo of The Queen and her lap dog: that's a King Charles Spaniel. I guess if It's good enough for her then it's OK for Calaya.
After our visit in Roseburg, we headed on to Coos Bay, arriving in time for dinner ( an accident, I assure you). We had two days of fun with Cheryl's folks and got to visit with some old friends (they are not old, the friendships are). On Monday morning Calaya and her folks showed up with the puppy to show the Great Grand Parents. Great Grandma was smitten by the puppy.

On both Sunday and Monday we took both Drake and Roxie, (Cheryl's folks yellow lab), out to the dunes for a run. The weather was great, sunny and 55 degrees with almost no wind.

We came home on Monday afternoon and by early afternoon on Tuesday it was snowing hard. This storm was unexpected and has created the usual snow crisis in Portland. The weather person, who didn't predict the storm, has predicted it will be over by 8:00 PM this evening. A bold prediction as it's 6:30 and still snowing hard. The predicted (last minute) 1 inch is now approaching 3 inches. We'll see..... Oh by the way, Drake is excited about the Rose Bowl.