We always enjoy getting to celebrate Tad’s best friend Danny’s birthday.  The last several years, it’s been a swimming party, and the last two have been held at the Snohomish Aquatic Center – which is huge and has lots of things to do (like an entire playground in the wading pool). The Webmaster got in […]

Ane is getting to have her friends over tonight for a birthday party.  As she gets older, she just wants to be more casual.  So tonight, as she’s done for the last few years, it will be pizza and a movie here at home. Back in the day, her parties were a bigger deal.  For […]

The transition back to school this week has been a bit rough.  The whining from Tad has been loud and long, but I think that he’s actually relieved to be back in school. Rerun had a slightly different take on returning to school. “I can’t go back to school!  All the guards hate me!” he […]

Christmas brunch at Grandma and Gichan’s! (That was the best picture we could get.  Rerun was squirrely, Thumper was looking everywhere but the camera, but Tad looks so forced….) Aunts, uncle, cousins, and Obachan were also present.