Papa's Birthday

Snow

Mimi and Papa got some snow at their house after Christmas. We went sledding. There was a minor incident involving a 6 foot drop, but everyone was OK.

Tree Lighting at the Landing

We went to the Landing for a tree lighting. We rode the train and saw the reindeer, but it was freezing so we didn't stick around for the tree.

Yahoo Baby!

Mimi and Papa watched Emily to give us a night off. This is what happened.

Clam Digging in Westport

Here is what it looked like when we went clam digging. Very nice two of the days and monsoon rain and wind the last day of digging. We got our limits twice.

Devils Lake, Oregon Vacation

Here are some great pics from our vacation at the end of July.

High speed inner tube ride.





Piper playing it cool.







Sally and Jasmine.





Emily and Jasmine running on the lawn.

Powerful swimmer.

Derek and Oliver.

Dave namesake.

Emily loves to help in the kitchen, here we are at Val and John's place. She's making some salad.

Emily and Derek discussing politics in the hot tub.

Emily and Papa did not climb the sand hill.

Climbing the sand hill at Pacific City. Jasmine swallowed a large amount of sand due to her short legs and the steep terrain.

Here is a strange coincidence, several years ago when Dave and I drove to San Francisco for Marissa and Sean's wedding, we also stopped at the same place. Here are the before and after shots.



Feeding the squirrels at Devil's Punch Bowl.

Driving to Mimi and Papa's House

Where have we been? We've been swimming. Emily's skills have improved to the point where she pushes us away in the pool and wants to do it herself. She swam the length of the pool six times the other day, it was quite amazing. I never can take any pictures of us in the pool because I am in there with her, but here are a few she took as we were driving to Mimi and Papa's to swim.

Oliver

Mimi and Papa got a new westie puppy named Oliver. Here we are meeting him at the breeders house.

Papa's Retirement

Yeah! Papa is retired. We can hang out all the time now!



Papa's sweet ride they fixed up for him at work.



I can work it.



I love cake.