Snow day!

Just enough to make a snowman and delay schools 2 hours.

Thanksgiving in Indianapolis

Our family traveled back to Indiana for the Thanksgiving holiday.  We were there from the Saturday before until the Saturday after.  We had a wonderful time seeing my side of the family.  Here are several pictures from our trip.

J and A with their Grandpa

Happy Thanksgiving!

The kids wouldn't wear them so Rebecca and I had to. Happy Thanksgiving!

Singing reindeer

Josie posing with her 3D aquarium

J creating her turkey art for school

J doing the chicken dance at school

Cousins at Tucson zoo

J's picture of our family

J made this for her kindergarten class.

Our new rig

Now we are the complete stereotypical northwest family with a VW Eurovan camper and a Suburu Crosstrek

J off to her first day at kindergarten.

Trip to Mt. Rainier

This week I hiked at Mt. Rainier from Box Canyon to Narada Falls with my father-in-law and two of his friends from Arizona. He and I drove down from Seattle Thursday afternoon, stayed in the Paradise Inn lodge, where his friends joined us. The next day we hiked the trail under perfect blue skies. The next morning I woke up early and hiked the trails around the Inn and took pictures as the sun came up. Rebecca stayed back in Seattle and took care of our daughters. And then to make it an even more perfect weekend, Rebecca and I went to see the Seahawk's preseason game against the Broncos. All these photos were taken with my phone, I wish I would have brought along my good camera for the Mt. Rainier trip.

The pictures are out of sequence, but I am tired of fighting the software to fix it.

Joy at Cape Disappointment

Gus at Cape Disappointment

Camping at Cape Disappointment

Gus getting trained by me, or vice versa

Here is a series of photos of one of us getting trained at doggie kindergarten.  The lesson was teaching your dog to put on gear like harnesses or sweaters.  Peanut butter was used.  You can te in the photos were Gus wants more peanut butter.