Klondike Derby 2010

1/30/2010 Klondike Derby

Most fun about the 2010 Klondike Derby was the snowball fight! Great snow!

December 31, 2009--New Year's Eve mini-disaster:

On the night of December 30th, I discovered a leak under our back patio. We had to turn all our water off that night and throughout the following day to prevent more water waste. I spent most of New Year's Eve trying to locate the source of the leak. My friend Rob Sorensen came over in the morning to help me for a few hours. Later, I rented a jack hammer from Home Depot and started busting up the side cement slabs to find the pipe.

It took all day, and Sebastian also came over in the afternoon and helped me bail out mud from the large hole I had dug. Together, we found the cracked pipe! In the spring, I'll be redoing the cement patio on the side of our back porch, between going to the Klondike Derby, the Spring Camporee, and other scouting activities!

Here I am jack hammering the side patio:

Here are 7 pipes under the patio:

And here is the culprit pipe! Look at the erosion on the elbow. We think this cost us about $1,000 in water, plus the repair work expenses this spring.

Christmas 2009--Jessica and Sebastian's surprise announcement!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Our best present was getting news of Jessica's pregnancy. It was an exciting and emotional day for everyone! We are so happy for Jess and Seb.

It was also wonderful to talk to Sam on Christmas morning! The family took turns talking to him for an hour. Now we're looking forward to Mother's Day, our last phone call to Sam before he returns home in September. This is going to be the best year ever!

Here is Celestine lighting luminarios in our front yard. It is a Christmas tradition in our neighborhood, so the whole street is lit up on both sides each Christmas eve. The night was cold and the wind was blowing. We had about 7 luminarios burst into flames before the morning.

Our cute Santa Fe family on Christmas day--Jared, Mario, and Jenny:

The newly expectant parents--Jessica and Sebastian Dunlap:

Jacob and Shauna cuddling up on the sofa:

Absentee Sam and his future wife's Christmas stockings still hanging: