It took a while, but we finally got to our first game of the season!  Auntie has been working a lot at the games lately, and she graciously provided us with tickets (and her employee discount in the team store).  The Webmaster met us at Uwajimaya (where he and I got some takeout to take […]

Who needs to be awake to cheer for the Mariners? Not Thumper! And the M’s beat the Red Sox 12-3 last night, so something must have worked!  And his scrape is getting better.

The last track meet was the Junior Olympics, held at Woodinville High School (the alma mater of Auntie, Ressis, and the Major), with not two, not three, but FIVE elementary schools participating.  With such large numbers of kids, all of the track participants were limited to one event.  Ane did the ball kick, but with […]

Ane had such a good time running in cross-country this last fall that she decided to run track this spring. Plus all the meets (except the final) are on Tuesdays, which is Grandma’s day off, which means we can “borrow” Grandma to help out with the logistics. Unlike cross-country, though, only the top three finishers […]