A Visit from Dave

Uncle Dave surprised us with a quick visit Wednesday night while he was in town for business. We took him to dinner at the original Carrabba's (our favorite Italian restaurant) and a tour of everything you can see at night in Houston. It was fun. We tried to convince him to bring Jeannette back with him next time and stay a while longer. Neil planned to get a picture for the blog but forgot.

Catching Up

We recently got to have lunch with our good friends Martin and Ellen Haskett. We had a great time catching up together, and lunch took quite a while, because we hadn't seen them since the summer, when we got together for Ellen and Neil's birthdays. Here we are out in front of the house after lunch.

Bathroom Progress

Well, since we've been back from vacation, Neil has slowly been making progress on our bathroom remodel project. Some of the final pieces are actually starting to go up. Here is a shot of the wall that he tiled with cut slate.

End of Vacation

Well, vacation had to end some time, but before we left Seattle, we took some time to visit with Grandma, Raquel's Aunt Georgette, and Neil's friend Chad. It was good to spend time and catchup with all of them.

Family Get Together

While it was unfortunate that everyone couldn't be together for Christmas because the weather, it turned out well that Grandma, Dave, and Jeannette were coming down when Rebecca, Ryan and the kids drove up from Cathlamet so we could all have some time together. We got to catch up with them and they got to see how much the kids have grown. A good time was had by all over a nice lunch.

Snowboarding Baby!!!!

Of course John and Neil had to get out and go snowboarding while we were in Seattle.

We made the 3 hour trip up to Mount Baker (the only place to board).

John sums up the excitement of the day . . .

Can't you tell he's excited?You can see I am.Some shots of the beautiful scenery. This one looks down from the slopes to the top of one of the chair lifts (the clearing furthest down the slope).From the same basic spot looking up later in the day (it was cloudy most of the day).Looking up at Mount Shuksan from the bottom of the slopes.
We were tired and sore at the end of the day, but what a blast! Can't wait until next winter to do it again.

Back to Seattle

After spending Christmas week in Cathlamet, we went back north to spend New Year's week with John, Amy and Grace.

We got out some.

And stayed in some and played with Grace and "Kerbit".