sushi

NYE sushi at home before we head to a get together.

christmas

Belated Christmas morning (celebrated a couple of days early) pic. Love these two humans.

snuggles

Babka has been such a snuggle bug lately! Blizzard keeps getting squished when he decides to cuddle.

jump

 Winter jumping.

winter walk

Winter is here!

christmas ships


Christmas Ships night at the CC. So fun to see the beach all snowy.

intrepid abby

Coldy Abby spotted in the outdoors.

adventure cat

Blizzard goes for a short snowy walk in my sweatshirt. Photo by Nate.

band concert

A great high school band concert last night!

night sledding

Still snowy!

tree up

🌲 🎄

still snowy

snow, snow, snow

Lots of snow over the past few days. 6-8 inches of sticky wet snow in the front yard. Snow is more fun when you have power and heat. Glad it is back on and hope it stays that way!

sunset

Rain all day and then a beautiful sunset peeked out …. around 4:30pm. 🌅

TPES

Bringing back the classics. Takoma Park Elementary t-shirt for the win.  Also, cute haircut, Abbs!

jazzy

A&A after the jazz band festival over the weekend. Not pictured: trumpet and piano.

sleepover

 Seventh grade boy sleepover on Saturday, lotsa energy! (Movie choice: Spaceballs)

owl

New friend. 🦉

apple pie skillet cake

Abby feeling tallish.

labyrinth

Just as hard as it was in the 1950s.

creepy

Creepy witch finger cookies that Abby and Nate made with G&G….

halloween

Robin and Dustin from Stranger Things 💯💯💯

squirrel

homecoming

 Belated pics of this cute crew getting ready for their Freshman Homecoming dance!  

Hoco fotos:

meows

These two took good care of themselves while we were out of town for a quick trip. Now we're back and sitting on the couch and they're in their spots. Blizzard: cozy bed. Babka: fleece sweatshirt.

PS - Blogger.com tells me this is our 2,000th post to this blog.  Tadaaaaaa!

99

Quick weekend visit to Eugene to celebrate this lovely lady turning 99!

frolic

Fall frolic in field.

blizzi

Blizzard takes a sleepy selfie.

halloween prep

Get ready people!

dressy

Getting ready for Homecoming dance in a few weeks! Sparkly!

minions

Ben and his minions 🎥 🍿

marchy march

A festive Friday night chez football.

snoogles

Blizzard provides Saturday morning snuggles 🥰.

crazy

Cute Natester rocked the first day of 7th grade. His big sis is a little kooky and has some extra energy after the first day of high school (which she ALSO rocked)!

first day!

These two are off to school! 9th grade / high school for Abby and 7th grade / middle school for Nate!! ❤️❤️

camping 2022

We had such a good time with our camping crew this weekend!  Salmon La Sac was great, with an idyllic river right by our campsites.  And we were at our largest number yet - 20 people + 1 doggie!  2021 was a smaller group.  We skipped 2020.   2019 was a Mt Rainier crew.  2018 was North Cascades and the Old Abandoned Railroad.

Koa monitors the river rafting.

Discovered a whole series of selfies by Abby on my phone.

We love Anna!  (And Kapena and his riverdancing in raft!)

Lots of games.

Hike to Pete Lake (9.5 miles, go team!)

Abbers slept in a hammock

Amazing group photo of all 20 humans +1 dog

Pete Lake views

Cold water!

The hike; kids and adults traveled separately for the most part.