A surprise birthday party last weekend was a success for this gal. At this point, she doesn't know that she's having a party at her place. A very calm Hood Canal:

Here are the guys getting ready to cook and make a gigantic delicious salad

Keith, Chuck, Joe, and Rick: The girls - Karla, Cat (birthday girl), Janet, and Pat:

Oh, the food and the wine:

View of Alderbrook Resort all lit up on the other side of Hood Canal:

Christmas is coming...

It was a wonderful Thanksgiving - Joe & our neighbor Richard were each deep frying turkeys for their families. Once two birds were ready we headed to our daughter's brother & sister in law's for a feast of good food, good company, and plenty of entertainment. We missed our son & his girlfriend who celebrated Thanksgiving in Mexico (a tradition we used to do when the kids were younger).
Here's Wesley with his 1st turkey drumstick and his first Lime Fluff made by his Great Aunt Rhoda:

Wesley's 1st year 11/15/2009

Wesley's 1st Year

Happy 1st birthday Wesley. We love you so much. Above is a montage of your 1st year.

I'm watching grandson Wesley on the eve of his 1st birthday - I encouraged him to play with his food - isn't that what grandparents are for?

10 on 10 November
We have 2 french businessmen staying with us as they attend this week's Aerospace Convention at the Seattle Convention Center. This is Dominique. It's his very 1st visit to the United States.
This is our friend Jacques, and his 3rd visit to our place. We're hoping to attend his big 50th birthday party in France next spring.

Here's Norbert, he's french American, and runs the show. He's our good friend:

In the evening we all attended a reception at TheRed Barn of the Museum of Flight:

Me and the frenchies:

This was really interesting to me as it's the opening payroll and general ledger entries of the Boeing Company in 1916 (the year my father was born). The opening capital of the company was $100,000.00, which was a lot of money back then. William Boeing owned 98% of the shares.

During the day I made of a batch of chocolate chip cookie dough to bake tomorrow for our 2 guests to take bake to their families. They have croissants and tarts, etc. in France, but they don't have chocolate chip cookies (not even chocolate chips)!

Grandson Wesley and Dad reunite after Jeff's 18 day tour - The Republic. We're so happy that Jeff's home and that they had a wonderful time and safe trip.

10 on 10 October 2009

What? Tiger alert in Renton, WA?

Nope, it's just grandson Wesley.... We have the honor of babysitting him all weekend! He's such a happy fellow - he charmed all of the wait staff at Fin N Bone last night and ate like a trooper.

He makes one heck of a cute tiger, don't you agree?

10 on 10 September 2009:
Wesley and I spent the day together at his house. The 1st 4 photos were taken during his 1st nap. After his nap, he was ready to explore an empty top shelf of their bookcase; then he was ready for food... He's always ready to eat and pose for the camera. Wes will be 10 months on the 15th.