birthday bike

May 6th, 2012

birthday bike a video by milky5 on Flickr.

tiny nest

May 2nd, 2012

I had been walking by this tiny hummingbird nest for a while until a woman pointed it out:

birthday cupcake

April 30th, 2012

Thanks, Grandma Jan, for this awesome picture of cupcake enjoyment!

Henry’s Birthday Bike!

April 17th, 2012

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Sorry, folks

April 17th, 2012

Family has been sick for a couple of weeks and internets are down at home. We’ll be back when both issues have been resolved!

Another loverly Whidbey weekend

March 19th, 2012

We packed everyone up Friday night and headed up to Whidbey for a much needed weekend of relaxation and just a little too much food.  Despite dismal weather for most of it, we had a really lovely 36+ hours with Mike, Sean, Adam and Murray. On Saturday morning Mike, Henry and I took a short walk down the road to get fresh eggs and veg:

 

The walk provided lots of opportunities for puddle jumping:

ski practice

March 7th, 2012

tandem ski at Cabin Creek last Sunday

Henry’s first solo ski!

March 7th, 2012
Jeff and Henry put in a few practice runs on the hallway carpet and it has definitely paid off

vogue!

March 5th, 2012

At day care they have been teaching the kids to “strike a pose.”  Several times a day, Henry will casually lean against a wall or chair and cross his legs.  Auntie Carrie caught this particular bus stop pose over the weekend:

best friends!

March 5th, 2012

Jeff took this picture a couple of weeks ago when we spent the long weekend at Uncle Doug’s cabin near Leavenworth.  Henry followed Kian around the whole weekend, imitating everything he did and agreeing with a hearty “yeah!” every time Kian said something.  It was pretty adorable.  That they had matching vests was just icing on the cake: