the bubble gum wall

in an alley behind pike market is a wall filled with chewed pieces of gum. a great place to bring the kids & guests from out of town

hot cocoas at the chocolate shop

the carousel

riding the bus downtown

SNOW!

we actually had a white christmas & ben mintz sent the kids a great sled

christmas morning

it was quite a frenzy at our house - but kim seemed to survive

a visit from dave and diane martin

dave and diane took a road trip from california and spent a couple days visiting with us. gus was really afraid of him, as you can see.

gus at school

gus goes on a field trip

gus goes downtown with school

gus' brave teachers take his school downtown

mr. gus

christmas tree farm

a nice woman-with an amazing camera-volunteered to take some pictures of our family when we were at the christmas tree farm. the kindness of strangers....

happy anniversary nanu & papa!

wearing hats that nanu knitted from alpaca yarn from john's favorite farm in eastern washington.

spying on gus at school

we love that gus' teachers take photos, because we still can't believe that he goes to school each morning and does all the activities with all the other kids. but here is the proof. cooking is still his favorite thing at school, wonder where that comes from?!

more gus at school

sitting on santa's lap

this year all the kids sat on santa's lap. ruby asked for earrings, owen x-box (yeah, right), avery a skateboard and gus a remote controlled helicopter.