Kids

In their new jammies made by Grandma B...

It's a marshmellow world in Seattle

We have so much snow it really is unbelievable... the most I can remember in the eleven years that I've lived here. It's beeeeeautiful!

Bella LOVES the snow.  She rips around like a crazy dog... leaping and bounding with her ears flapping behind her and snow flying.  Then she starts eating it.

CJ loves the snow too.

It's a winter wonderland!

2008 Year in Review

We've had a great year and WOW has it flown by!  Here's our annual update, in a nutshell...

• Camden started kindergarten.  He goes to school all day, five days a week at our nearby elementary school.  His favorite thing at school is RECESS but he's not a huge fan of homework.  He learned to ride his bike without training wheels this spring and continues to enjoy playing soccer and "scientisting".  He has lots of friends and even more energy. We've enjoyed getting to know a lot of neighborhood families through our school.
• Jason is still working at Corbis as Sr. Manager User Experience.  It continues to be an interesting ride.  We're thankful for the pay check. He enjoyed getting back into painting at a week-long figure painting class through Gage Institute.
• Jenny taught two graduate classes at the UW this fall in Usability Testing.  It was fun and a lot of work.  Mainly she enjoyed having a reason to shower and pretend to know something.  She just accepted a consulting gig teaching usability seminars for an company called HFI, which will let her do some occasional travel and bring in some extra money.  Hello, Nordstrom, I've MISSED you! (heh)
• We added a dog to our family... Bella is a 9-month old soft-coated wheaten terrier.  She's a sweetie!
• We finally finished re-siding the house with the help of Jason's brother Jordan.  It looks great and Jason is oh-so-very glad to be done with standing on ladders.
• We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our new nephew.  Maureen is due in just a couple of weeks and so far healthy as a horse.  We can't wait to meet the baby!
• Highlights of the year include a week on Whidbey Island with the Clarks, a fabulous week in Palm Springs with Joel and Cheryl and the kids, and many beautiful Seattle days this summer and fall.

Year In Review photo album

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Our dog's cuter than your dog

Honestly it takes all my will power not to upload CUTE FUZZY WUZZY SPECIAL PEANUT PUMPKIN MUFFIN WUVER pictures of Bella every single day. Somehow I resist.  Until today. 

feast your eyes on the cuteness!

New friend

Meet Bella... our new furry friend. We met her on Craig's List.  She likes long walks, meaty bones, and kisses (on the LIPS!)

She's 7 months old, a Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier, and already we love her to pieces.

Halloween!

This Halloween we had some wacky visitors...

But CJ thought the Dracula could use some MORE BLOOD.

Grandpa & CJ

I vant to suck your bloooooood....

Happy Halloween!

A robot ate CJ!

Pumpkins

This weekend we took the train down to mom and dad's for mom's birthday.  On Friday we went to the local pumpkin patch and had a grand old time feeding the animals and searching for the perfect pumpkin.

funny pumpkin... funny face....

nana and CJ...

this is how they get the kernels off the cob...

In other news, I am teaching two graduate classes at the UW, and so far haven't been kicked off campus.  Which is a HUGE relief.

Here's hoping the rest of the quarter goes so well!