Meanwhile in lands far and away

Here are a few of the moments that have been captured and made it to my cell phone in the past month or so.

It means the world to me to keep up with these kiddos long distance.

Poor little AB had an ear infection

Alyssa brought sunshine into this wintertime

With a new hair-do and color

Sunny snowy Virginia (above)

 and chilly snowy Washington (below)

Silly faces and construction projects

A Birthday Princess

 Fresh air and outdoor fun

A long awaited membership :0)

Some amazing dancers

After looking over those photos and video...My feeling is indeed good!

How are you?

Wyatt's turn for some one on one time

Our new ride :0)

It's been many years since I drove a vehicle with this symbol on the steering wheel. In the spring of '78 I bought a brand new Ford Pinto. Last Monday, Har and I bought a 2002 pick-up! It's fun to be Ford Tough again.

 "Give me gas in my Ford, keep me truckin' for the Lord, Give me gas in my Ford, I pray..." ;0)

Pickin' up Wy-boy for an overnight

 Har and I went over to pick up Wyatt to hang out with us for part of the weekend. I got to see all of the grands there, kids and the dog. 

 Wyatt had a quiet day and night with us. He had sole control of the computer and got to watch a movie of his own choosing. Before we brought him home we went to

The duck Shari's

 Most people just know this place as the Milwaukee Shari's but for as long as we've been bringing our kids there it's been "the duck Shari's". Sometime we even see nutria. On Sunday there were several ducks, seagulls, geese and pigeons. No rodents in sight.

You can tell that people feed those fowl. As soon as you walk toward the retaining wall they start heading your way.

Getting a new point of view

Wyatt and I sat in the jump seats while Har drove and Hayden sat in the passenger seat. It was pretty cool to look back and see the view of the top deck of the Fremont bridge and the freeway along the way. It is so different than seeing the same thing in the rear view mirror. I'm going to volunteer to sit back there more often. Though a friend asked if I was a back seat driver... and a cousin thought perhaps I was a "nag-ivator"! I think I tend to be a bit of both if I don't have that steering wheel in my hands   :P

Garrett's day out

Aunty Krystle planned a day of fun with Garrett

She picked him up from his house and let him wear her gloves and Ninja Turtle hat.

Surprise around the corner

 I was waiting at the Starbuck's in the grocery store around the corner from J&J's house. I had treats waiting for Krystle and Garrett.

They caught a ride back into town with me and I dropped them off to take the MAX. 

Garrett got to see the cranes at the big dig near Grampa's work. When their train arrived they took off to go to the... 

Historic Belmont Firehouse

Every Wednesday there is free admission to the fire museum.

 There are quite a few hands on exhibits that are fun for kids. Though Garrett kept referring to it as the fireplace.

The day out included a lunch stop

 Billy Heartbeats is a wonderful place for little guy's and big one's appetites.

Krystle and her friend, John, let the boy play at the mall for awhile before Courtney called and asked  if we could take Garrett with us for the rest of the day. 

They dropped him off where the four of us were lunching. Har walked back to work and we headed to Fred Meyer. When we got to our place Garrett played some, watched a bit of tv, and ate supper.

I had picked up a new footy pajama for him and it just happened to have a firetruck on it.

He put it on and was  ready for bed when Uncle Hayden and I drove him home.

I think he had plenty of adventures for one day.