House Videos

Forrest took some tour-of-the-house videos.

House Pictures

Forrest took some pictures and video of the house. Some are a bit blurry, but at least they're up, right? I think he doesn't wait for the autofocus to do its stuff before he clicks. There is some mess because he took it upon himself to take pix on an ordinary Thursday night; sorry, we didn't clean for these.

Visit to Washington

Nope, no house pix yet, but I thought I'd get something updated. We visited Washington state this summer.

Here are some pictures of us at Gasworks Park in Seattle. We had been looking forward to taking Forrest here so he could climb around like Alyssa and Brian used to in college. Ages ago, this park used to appear in all sorts of area guidebooks as a place where you could take your kids to climb. Now all the pipe thingees have notices: "Do not climb." Needless to say, we ignored the new signs, as did most other visitors.





Here we are at the very cool sculpture garden in Seattle. But why would you make public, outdoor sculptures that can't handle being touched? Seems silly.


We also visited Ft. Casey, an old military base that has been made into a state park on Whidbey Island.

We went on lots of hikes.


Alyssa and Forrest visited Alayne and Rich on their boat moored in Friday Harbor. Forrest and Grandpa Rich went looking for shrimp with a flashlight the first night we were there. And they found a biggie!


We sailed to the other end of San Juan Island and anchored in a small bay. There, we paddled around in Nana's inflatable kayak, Red Rider, and used the dinghy to go to English Camp. Forrest's favorite part was swinging from the boom.












Back on the mainland again, we visited Jennifer and Jason and their girls Amelia and Kate. Forrest loved reading to Amelia.





Finally, we said goodbye to Grandpa Tom and Grandma Jeanne.

And Forrest practiced looking winsome so everyone would want to invite him back again.

Kittehs!

We have kittens! To be more precise, Angi and Andrew have kittens. They are, of course, absolutely adorable.


Tabor (tay-ber) is the dark one; she's actually chocolate brown with black stripes. She is generally pretty quiet and likes to sleep under the couch. She is not terribly fond of being picked up; she likes to sit beside her people, not on them. She is Angi's cat. Tabor has beautiful blue eyes that make her look perpetually surprised.







Samantha is a more traditional gray tabby stripe. She loves people food, especially chocolate. She races over to clean up brownie crumbs, and bugs you mercilessly if you try to eat anywhere but at the table. She will stand right at your feet and meow to be picked up. Then, she is happiest draped across your shoulder. Samantha is Andrew's cat.