hiking with grant/komachi gang

we hiked to a gorgeous waterfall

hiking in ellensburg

a trip to ellensburg, washington with todd, robyn, reiko & whit

started with snow.......
then butterfly nets........

the backyard egg hunt

the hunt on Vimeo

the way home

easter egg hunt in volunteer park

we headed to the park for the annual egg hunt.
each kid found 6 eggs & their baskets, which were filled with toys.
these things happen when you live in a catholic neighborhood.

gus scrapes his face big time

as did iris

our first meal out back of the season

with michael, ruby-esther & iris

weekend in LA with cousins

hanging out with didi, ella, roxanne, leila & leo
we even found some nice firemen

farmer boys

photo by cynthia last summer

gus' new shades

new president of north korea

sunny sunday @ the center for urban horitculture

see papa and john in back discussing very important topics

nanu and papa time

nanu and papa have been dividing their time between new baby monte & us.
we hope lisa & lief have many babies so we get to see them lots and lots.

after school snack john-style

we have a new cousin, monte.

lisa and lief's baby was born yesterday.
that's 6 boys and 4 girls, if anyone is counting.

at the top of the volunteer park water tower

warmer weather means a lake sammamish day

what does a 10 pound chocolate bar look like?

this, thanks to trader joe's

an outing to gasworks park

we ran to the top of a hill.
john threw a frisbee off the top and it almost landed in lake union.
we ran down hill.
the kids found "treasures" in the rocks.
all in all, a fun outing.

a family photo from december

a christmas photo, but there aren't many of us all sitting down at once