Scenic Seattle!

We took advantage of a rare sunny winter's days and took some photos at this outlook over Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountain Range.

Nice view!


A nice passerby shot this one!


Dad and Joshua


Been snowing in the Olympics!


Silly smiles...


Good shot, Mom!


We dragged Alyssa out of the warm and cozy car for a few shots...


And this is the point that everyone wanted to get back into the car...

PEPS Christmas Party!!

We got together with our PEPS friends to celebrate Christmas a few weeks ago.  Here are some of the photos... amazing how everyone is growing up!

Mom and Alyssa


Kristin and Jackson


It was a very sunny day...


Oscar


Jackson, Caitlin, and Lily


Joshua breaking in Lily's toy for her


Linus


Caitlin


Jackson and Lily


Joshua kicking back with George.  This didn't have anything to do with the party, but we thought we'd give you some insight into Joshua's wild and crazy life!

Bellevue Botanical Gardens

One evening we joined some friends and headed out to the botanical gardens to see the light display.  The lights were very impressive!  You may notice that there aren't any pictures of us with the lights... turns out looking at Christmas lights wasn't on everyone's list of favorite things to do...

You Better Watch Out, You Better Not... DOH!

We wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Seattle!  It's been awhile since we were able to update the blog, but we've been busy!!  Between a new baby, fall colds, work, and deciding to move back to Texas, there just hasn't been time.  As a result, this is a rather LARGE update with lots of pictures!!  It didn't come close to fitting on one page, so be sure to click on the link to "Older Posts."  Enjoy the holidays!

Not sure he's going to be able to live this down ;)










Cute picture!

Fall in Seattle...

Dad's least favorite job in the fall is picking up all the leaves in the backyard.  The first couple years it wasn't so bad since the trees were relatively small.  Each year, however, it gets a bit worse.  Luckily Dad had a helper so it wasn't bad at all!  Here are some pictures picking up leaves and walking around the neighborhood in the fall.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Thanksgiving week in Seattle was a cold one!!  We had a couple of days of snow for the first time in two years!  And in traditional Seattle fashion, the city pretty much shut down... except the hospitals of course.  Joshua and Alyssa had a chance to checkout the snow in the backyard.  Here are a few pictures...

What's this stuff?


It's everywhere!


Little bit of trauma putting on the yellow jacket...


Alyssa's first snow!


Maybe Alyssa's last snow?


 

Making tracks in the snow...


More snow and less tears in the afternoon!


It keeps coming down!


Think I'll go check on the tree...


Yep, there's the tree...


It's still there...


Don't think it's going anywhere...


Joshua hanging out in the snow...


Popsicle Dad after his bike ride home in the snow!  Sure it was cold, but turned out to be MUCH quicker than a car!