Mietzke's Holden Adventure

Jordyn and a group of other village kids have been making a huge snow fort using the information kiosk in the center of the village. They dug the inside of it out and are filling the gaps between the snow banks and the roof line with snow. The kiosk is lighted so they have lights inside of the snow fort. Jordyn has been out side all day working on it and having such a great time. She and some of the other kids are thinking about having a snow slumber party. Jordyn is so serious about this kind of work and loves planning with the other kids. They have been working and then taking sledding breaks and hot chocolate breaks.
Nyrie spent the day indoors with her friend Rachel. They have been giving birth to many babies, and shopping at the “store” using chairs for shopping carts. Nyrie has been at the height of fashion all day wearing a dress that matches her Raggedy Ann doll. Saturday Nyrie and Jordyn were dressed to the hilt for the Lord of the rings day. Nyrie was wearing a floofy wedding dress complete with lace and sequins. We braided her hair and put it up in a princess due complete with a waterfall of hair hanging down her back and a crown up on her head. She looked so cute wandering through the snow trying to carry the bottom of her huge dress so as not to trip.
Jordyn was a little more practical about her outfit. She started out in a shorter princess dress but quickly came back home to change into a tunic and pants for the game. She still looked cute and made sure to have a fancy belt and her weapon.
I believe Dave already wrote a piece about the Lord of the Rings game and that Jordyn got swept up in the game and headed off with the fellowship across the river to the second level loop trail with the high school students. I think that he told you that I thought she was with him and he likewise thought she was with me. When we realized that neither one of us had seen her in quite some time and that she had not taken a coat with her I was pretty freaked out. I took her coat and went wandering down the trail looking for her. I was wearing a skirt and boots when I headed out onto the trail looking for her. I was glad when they finally ended the game and the bell had been rung to signal that it was over but I got scared when they still hadn’t shown up after a half an hour.
My stomach was in knots until I saw her walking down the path. Her feet were cold but other than that she was in good shape and fine spirits. We all learned a good lesson about boundaries and communication, and had a family pow wow about it. I think I will be a little more intimately involved in the planning portion of these events in the future especially where the kids are concerned. Luckily for us they were all safe and had had a lot of fun tromping through the snow.
There is a reporter here from the Seattle PI doing a piece on Holden. I am not even sure what the emphasis is going to be, or what part of the paper it is for but maybe you will get to see Jordyn and Nyrie in their finery in the PI.
I have been really missing family and friends for the last couple of days. I am hungry for familiar faces and voices. I would love to see some of you up here and be able to share in our experiences. One of the mechanics told the best/worst story of trying to get down to the lake in 1983 in his story there were several avalanches and many broken down vehicles and finally rescuers on ski’s trying to help dig a path for the snow cats to cross a 30 foot high 150 foot long avalanche that had crossed over the road. They never did catch the boat and it took them many hours to get back to the village. It was a pretty exciting story!