Mountain Getaway 2

Back from the mountains

We had an awesome time in Suncadia*

Tons of fun swimming, sledding, snowshoeing, eating, playing.

Videos on the way...**















*Despite our loud/vomiting neighbors.
**Again

Best of both worlds

So as fun as Hanukkah was, Ellie was pretty fired up for Christmas too.

And for good reason, she had a very fun morning and got some super cool gifts from everyone in Minnesota.

We love the Cars Legos, cute clothes, great scarf and...







AWESOME DJ TABLE/KEYBOARD!








Thanks, everybody! Love you and Merry Christmas!

More pics and videos to follow...

Sleepy time

Get that camera out of my face!

Darn paparazzi.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!!

We love you so much.

We're so sorry we didn't post this yesterday.

We're going to use knee surgery recovery as an excuse. Again...



Did we mention how much we love you?

Happy Hanukkah!

Oh and, hello Christmas. Be patient...

SNOW DAY!

By which I mean, lots of snow. So much that they closed Ellie's school down early.







Been snowing since 4am and it's still coming...

Rocking it at Yo Gabba Gabba

The live performance of Ellie's favorite show, Yo Gabba Gabba made its awesome way to the Tacoma Dome* this weekend and we were lucky enough to take in all the fun.

Highlights included free DJ Lance glasses, a flashing glowstick for Ellie, beatboxing by Biz Markie, a confetti bomb going off in my face and Eleanor's pull-up letting loose on Mindy's leg.

A great time was had by all.









In the words of the aforementioned DJ Lance Rock, "Listening and dancing to music is AWESOME!"

I'll try and post a movie or two tomorrow.









*AKA, Center of All That is Awesome

Happy Halloween!

Awesome costume.

Trick-or-treating with Grammy, Mom, Dad, Curt, Amy, baby Quinn and Quinn's Grammy.

A win by the Giants.

Halloween doesn't get much better than this!









Big thanks to Grammy and Graunty for creating the best costume U-Village has ever seen.

As reported on Facebook...

This morning Ellie and I were talking about the World Series and she was asking how it works when she paused and offered, "So it's kind of like the Piston Cup in the movie Cars?" Shortly thereafter she described roots as "mouths for trees."

Rocking a little Baby Quinn

That's a yawn, not a scream of abject terror.

Oh, Hello.

The Chase

The Strut - Parts 1 & 2

Getting excited for Halloween!

Rhythm Devil

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkins, hay rides, mini donuts and a pygmy goat. What more could you want?

A tale of two breakfasts

I'm hiding...

An enormous (if slightly late) welcome to Baby Quinn!

Quinn is beautiful and sweet and we're so glad she's here!*






Ellie's been obsessed for months. Quinn's actual arrival only makes things more exciting.




*She's already WAY bigger than in these pictures.

Minnesota '10

Okay, so we're a few weeks late. And we did a lousy job taking pictures. And the ones we did take aren't exactly hi-def.

But hey, we had a great time and wanted to share the fun.



Apologies to everyone who's not pictured. Like I said, we did a lousy job on the documentation front.

Somebody got a really cute new haircut...

Ellie goes all Jerry Lee Lewis on the ABC's

Summer beauty (with fruit pouch)

Making zucchini bread with Auntie

Ellie's blog, 70s edition

The power of Pixar

Happy Birthday, Poppy!

We love you very much and can't wait to celebrate with you this weekend.

Tour de Grammy and Poppy's House

On the ferry

The views were also beautiful

Rainy day fun

We went and watched planes take off at the Orcas airport. Then I made this little movie on my new phone. Pretty cool on both counts.

Happy belated Father's Day...

To me.



And Poppy.