Happy Holidays!

We sent a limited number of Holiday cards out this year, so here is an electronic version... happy holidays to all!

The Merhar’s Ode to 2008

‘08 arrived with snow on the hills;

To the mountains we drove, despite the gas bills!

With season passes, and friends in masses

we snowboarded in the New Year.

Then came the long weekend of MLK,

the first annual Baker-cabin get-away!

We rode Mt. Baker during the day

while dining and partying the night away.

And Oh, P.S… do I need to say?

We celebrated Eric’s big 30^th birthday!

In February

it was off to B.C.

For a Whistler weekend

of snow, beer and sushi.

Like the year before,

on the equinox of spring;

Friends joined us each Wednesday

for our weekly BBQ thing.

A standing invitation, good friends unite

Washington wine is sipped, and oh yeah,

…the food is tight!

On the airplane we went to Cologne in April,

To visit sister Kelly & get our ‘Kölsch’ fill.

But when we arrived Kelly & Chris quickly shout:

“We’re expecting a baby: little brussel sprout!”

Proud to soon join other “Aunties & Uncles”

We toured Belgium with our share of triples.

What’s in a summer without a wedding or two?

Off to Michigan we flew for the Spicer’s “I-Do’s”.

And then in August we hopped on a ferry,

to watch our dear friends, Kate & Jim get married.

To Richland we drove

for Independence Day.

To see Eric’s folks

(by the pool I did lay).

Great food and wine

Good times with the fam,

a sparkler or two…

Firecrackers? “KA-BAM”

Then the time came…

“It will never be the same!”

The Merhar house remodel

was well underway.

Walls they did fall, Drywall and all.

The ceilings were scraped;

2x4’s replaced.

Up went new walls after insulation was hung.

All in all not so bad…

No necks were wrung!

In the midst of our house mess

Our life wasn’t “less”

A new job for Christina…

At Crisis Clinic (the best!)

In August we learned

my Opa died.

My heart sunk to the floor.

I cried and cried.

(I miss you and love you, Opa)

As the leaves changed colors

Our house did too.

With paint and trim done,

we were ready to show the crew!

Thus a party occurred

to see our house’s new fate—

and to wish Christina a “happy 28”.

Little Myrna was born

(Kelly & Chris’s little girl)

She’s SOOOO adorable

she has us all in a twirl!

The Holidays are here…

What will we do?

Enjoy family and friends,

like we do the rest of the year.

Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Much Love,

Eric & Christina Merhar

Let it Snow! UPDATED 12/21

We got a couple of inches of snow today, and it keeps falling all day! And it is 12/21 and we now have more than 6 inches of snow at our house!! we took a lovely walk down to Carkeek Park and hiked back home :) All of the pictures can be seen

Snow 12.18.08

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Before & After's

I have been meaning to do before & after's of the house-- so here you go!

One reason we are delayed in doing so, is we are still slowly putting back together the house. So, as you will see, the walls are still pretty bare, and we still have some more cleaning and detail work to do. But other than that, it looks and feels great! Enjoy.

Living Room (off of the front door entrance).
Before:


After:



Kitchen:
Before

After:


and the new breakfast nook:


The wall between the living room and front bedroom before:


The new french doors in replace of the wall, and the front bedroom (now our tv/reading room):
Our Bedroom (we dont have any 'before' pictures):


Bathroom. Before:

After: (all we did was paint... this is a project in a year or two)



And lastly the 2nd bedroom/office (I dont have a before picture... and it is currently a mess so I will only show a bit of it...)