Dina's Visit

On Monday, MLK Day, Jenny's friend since kindegarten came to visit. She's a 1st grade teacher now and expecting her first son in April. We had a great time together and I can hardly wait until she's enjoying motherhood.  Here's Dina & Jenny:

Jenny made homemade pasta:

10 on 10 January 2011

8:00 AM - time to make an anniversary card for my husband of 35 years. See it here

10:00 excercising via the Wii:

 11:00 playing with Louie:

 12:00 a trip to JoAnn Fabrics for yarn:

 1:00 There's snow on them there hills:

 3:00 Time for Louie's dinner:

 4:00 Making a scarf out of the yarn I bought, while watching shows on abc.com:

 6:00 - celebrating our anniversary with Cristal champagne:

 7:00 a gift of some new $1 coins featuring our Presidents:

8:00 Enough said:

Happy Anniversary..  <--click to play

Seahawk win Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011

We had a great time with friends Rick & Karla - seeing Grease at the Paramount (a birthday gift to Joe from R & K) and then heading to a parking lot to listen to the exciting final 4 minutes of the Seahawk game - we were only about a mile from the Stadium, and I felt like we were in the stadium.  Our son Chris, actually was at the game.  We then went to Belle Pastry's 2nd location at 77 Spring Street in Seattle (1st location is on Main Street in Bellevue).  It was their annual, by invitation only, Gallete des Rois party.  Not only is owner Jean Claude Ferré a great pastry chef, he knows how to cook for a crowd.  There were lots of cheeses, breads, cream stuffed lox, ham encrusted in a pastry shell, mashed potatoes & gravy, and Gallete des Rois for dessert.  A great day....

Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - ...

Mosaic Maker

Here's a cool site to make a mosaic of your photos, like this one I made from a photo album in FB. 

10 on 10 December 2010

Thanksgiving

A wonderful Thanksgiving was had by all @ Steve & Paula Gough's.  Here's just a tiny glimpse of our grateful day:

Wesley's 2nd Birthday

Happy Birthday Wesley, 11/15/2010. Below is a montage of your 2nd year and below that is your 1st year's post again. You bring so much joy to those around you. You had your very 1st haircut yesterday and you are now officially a toddler, no longer a baby. We love you so....

Here's Wesley's 1st year again.

November 2010 Ten on Ten

Chantrelle Mushrooms

October has been a fantastic month for mushroom hunting. We've found lots of varieties of mushrooms, but we only keep and eat the chantrelles. Hood Canal and just off Hiway 18 have an abundant amount of chantrelles this year. This year our son-in-law, daughter, and grandson, my brother, and a friend, even joined in the hunt. What fun!

10 on 10: 10.10.10

Today we prepared to celebrate the 30th birthday of our daughter Jenny by preparing our kids favorite meal (Chris (34) & Jenny's) - home cooked whole chickens and noodles. We had fresh chantrelles that we'd picked yesterday and homemade cupcakes for dessert. Here's a birthday post from 2008.

Happy 6th birthday to our great nephew Christian too.