checkerboard

 It may not look beautiful on the outside, but it sure looks cool on the inside (and tastes good)!

Abby's latest baking project ... more complicated than many!

polar plunge

Belatedly posting this pic from January 15th when A & A organized and executed their own private polar plunge. Hot cocoa cheers on the dock after a successful and short swim in Lake Washington. Photo credit to Ainsley's parents ... I had been planning to cheer them on but was instead dealing with a surprise flat tire. 🚗 Glad they took advantage of a beautiful Friday afternoon!

pancakes

Abby's making pancakes this morning... 🥞

cupcakes

We also did a bang up job decorating cupcakes on New Year's Eve....

sparklers

 We had so much fun with new years eve sparklers that we are going to share SO MANY pics.  This is a small sampling of our best shots.  We could have kept going for hours.  Sparklers 4evah.  

rummikub

After dinner game.

nye

Bye 2020 👋

sun at st edwards

Found some sun at St Edwards on Monday! Now gearing up for many days of rain....

quaran-cut

Nate got his first non-mom haircut yesterday since March. Hair cutter who comes to our house and cuts outside! Snuck a pic from inside. ✂️

cat trap

Mixing bowl cat trap worked like a charm. These guys are ready for humans to be done working/schooling for a while and play with them!

solstice snow

Solstice snow last night (and accompanying power outage from about 2:30pm-9:30pm). Glad to be warm and cozy this morning!

gingerbread

 Belated post with pics from last weekend .... gingerbread houses with Gramma Lynn!  Abby and Nate did some design work out of cardboard, we sent the templates to Lynn and she worked her magic and baked them up.  We cranked open the windows, put on our masks, and got to work decorating.  What a treat!

long kitty

Look how long Blizzard is!

four amigos

 Get together with buddies, 2020 style.  Biking, walking, talking, and laughing with Kea & Niko and their parents.  😍💖🚵