Tad has a special connection with the wobbegong shark at Point Defiance.  I don’t know why, but it probably stems from their first meeting, back in August 2010. I think this was our first visit to Point Defiance when we knew that Tad had a bona fide obsession with sharks.  He does have quite the […]

Tomorrow is a big day for Ane!  She and Auntie are flying out at the crack of dawn to…. visit Ressis and Oddball and the little cousins in upstate New York for midwinter break! Yes, we’re actually turning Ane loose under Auntie’s supervision.  (This picture is from Ane’s last cross country meet, last October.) Auntie […]

Two years ago, there was a glorious day when the Seahawks won the Super Bowl. Since the Seahawks are not playing in the Super Bowl this year, we can afford not to be so emotionally invested in the game.  So Ane and I will probably go get pedicures instead of stressing over the score. Goooooo […]

Wow, I was kind of huge three years ago… And Tad was a lot shorter, too! I bring out this picture because we were at swimming lessons last night, and there was a heavily pregnant mom there who had her little girl in the pool.  She stood up at the end of the pool and […]