Snow Day!

The school district is closed today due to the terrible winter storm. Connor and I are going to bunker down for the day. Amy still has to go to work. I hope Amy is OK on her commute. She has lots of experience with winter driving, having grown up in Minnesota, but Colorado winter driving is just not the same. This is a picture from the front of our house just minutes after we recieved the cancellation. (double-click to enlarge)

Connor's 16th Birthday

We gave Connor his presents from us before his friends arrived...

Opening presents

Fighting with the packaging

Listening...

Another present

Connor had some friends over

on the deck
in his room

Connor's Cake

White Cake with Raspberry Filling

Before Amy dropped her camera

After Amy dropped her camera

Connor cutting his cake

Connor decides to add some red food coloring

Fire Engulfs Flour Mill

LONGMONT — Longmont’s 93-year-old flour mill burned Saturday night, pouring smoke that was visible from at least a mile away.
Firefighters raced to the scene around 10:15 p.m. to find flames leaping several feet above the roof of the mill near the South Pratt Parkway overpass.
“This is unbelievable,” said Sgt. Steve Harper of the Longmont Police Department, one of the first officers on the scene. “I can’t even think right now — this is amazing.”
Battalion Chief Rick VanderVelde said firefighters immediately tried to keep the fire from spreading, but couldn’t do more than that.
“It was too dangerous to make an attack inside,” VanderVelde said. “As soon as we got here, we went defensive.”

By Scott Rochat and Joshua Buck Longmont Times-Call