Cat, kids, a birthday and some sporting events

A boy and his Cat

All of the cats love Cam. He and Ry speak feline language. We have been re-evaluating the pros and cons of pet ownership. Cats are definitely easier to have than dogs. We haven't had a dog for many years. I think that I may have to get one when we are headed into empty nest syndrome.

Feeding ourselves

Garrett held his own bottle for the first time this week. Katie is getting to be a pro with her "cuppa". It is amazing how much a child learns in the first year of life. They sure are cute while they are doing it.

Speaking of cute...

I have no idea what these girls were up to but we get a good look at the beautiful job Gremmy did on knitting Katie's sweater. It is so soft a she looks great in it. I love all the stripes in the lower photo. I think some sort of exercising was going on.

Happy Birthday Jess

Krystle took this picture of Jess at Courtney and Charlie's wedding. To me it depicts our first son-in-law very well. He is a strong man, yet a tender father. He is serious but knows how to be goofy with the rest of us on occasion. Hard working and loyal. We observed his birthday this week but are still going to take him and Joylynn out to celebrate his turning 36.

Winterhawks fans

A few weeks ago I bought 4 tickets to a Portland Winterhawks game. For those of you who don't know who the Winterhawks are, they are our local hockey team. Har, the boys and Alyssa went to see our Hawks beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-1. They walked to a park to wait for me to pick them up. I made them stand out in the cold so I could take a picture :-)

Rooting for our Packers!

Gar-bear is sleeping with is little Packer bear tonight. Dreaming of a Packer victory tomorrow. That would indeed be a sweet start to the Super Bowl countdown.