Torrential Downpours & the Flooding Caused

For those of you who live here in Western Washington, you are all too aware of the storms and the damage it's caused. Just thought I'd reflect a bit, it has been crazy. I went to bed Sunday night and thought "wow, there's alot of rain coming down". Didn't realize how much it really was until BJ's school called around 1:00 Monday and said, most roads to his school are flooded out and we're asking parents to come pick up their kids as soon as they can.

Instant panic ensued. So of course, I got Brennen ready to go and headed off to pick him up. The main road to his school, 228th was closed just past Canyon Park so I had to go on quite the detour. Tried to get on 405 - HWY 522 and it was closed as well. Then it was through the Bothell Business Park (Northcreek), which had been evacuated earlier in the day, to try and go to the back of Woodinville to Kokanee. The wait began, it took me an hour and 40 minutes to get to B's school to pick him up. What is normally a 10 minute, 5 mile drive ... an hour & 40 minutes ... what the heck! At least it only took us an hour to get home ... much better right?

I didn't realize until I got home, just how bad Woodinville really suffered. 522 was closed for 2 days, something I've never ever encountered in all my 31 years in the area. On the I-5 corridor between Seattle & Portland it's even worse, Centralia / Chehalis are completely decimated. I-5 has been closed since Monday and will be closed at least through Friday. Seeing as how I work at UPS, and all my trailers come through the I-5 corridor, you can only imagine the trouble we're having at work. I'm sure many, many other businesses are feeling the pinch as well. What a crazy week of weather.

Check out these pics of some of the flooding:

This is right off of the 522 exit on the left, right across from DQ & the 76 station.

Can you believe this is I-5 in Chehalis about 1/2 way between Seattle & Portland?
That's right, one of the main arteries of the west coast, with all the water on it!

A Season of Disappointment

Look at these two boys ... dressed in purple hoping for a Husky win. Wins that were hard to come by and often lost in the 2nd half.

We had the opportunity / punishment of going to the Apple Cup only to see the Cougars come away with the win. Holy crap .... what the H is that?

I guess there's always another season, but I don't know if my poor Husky heart can deal with ANOTHER losing season. Seriously, get rid of everyone in charge of the defense and do it quick!

Soccer Season Wraps

B's Soccer season has once again wrapped up for they year. It was Bryan & my 4th year coaching the Sharks and each & every year they continue to get better. We're hoping to have a couple of original players back next year ... 'cause, we'll we missed them. It's always tough to lose a part of the original Sharks family. At least the new Sharks are all great, but there's just something about the originals!

B had a pretty good season, he developed his shot and became a true forward. Following in his mother's footsteps, the boy can't play a lick of defense and he has the amazing ability to find the keeper, no matter how big that goal is. He's definitely come into his own as quite the goal scorer though, even when he's shooting straight at the keeper. Just imagine B, next year we'll proactice on shooting away from the keeper.

Trick or Treat

It was a fun Halloween this year with Brennen & BJ. Brennen went as a little boxer & B went as ... well ... a scary monster thing. He wanted to be something very scary.

Brennen was very cute in his boxer costume, complete with his Everlast hooded cape! We couldn't pry the skittles out of his hand though while trick or treating! With the skittles it's hard to wear the little boxing gloves, the only time we could get his gloves on was when he & BJ were boxing in the backyard. Oh well, we think he was cute anyways.

He thought is was great that people just handed out candy for knocking on the door. Now he just wants to eat it all, unlike his brother who at the same age didn't care too much for candy. Brennen woke up this morning and the first thing he asked for was his bucket. It just suits his personality!

Boxing in the backyard - get the monster Brennen

The infamous Skittles

Scary Monster B

Brennen going for more candy