We had a wind storm that knocked down a tree across the street from us, taking out the pole that feeds our house. Another pole went down at the entrance to our community, and another pole was ripped out and leaning. I didn't hear it come down... apparently I'm not a very light sleeper. =] … Continue reading Power Outage →

We checked out the neighborhood’s park , mostly for the excuse of walking around for a while. It sure isn't looking much like winter around here… The lake was flooding last week, but its back in its banks now. I'm a very blessed man!

The not so little guy is getting good with his done. Hovering in the yard. He’s really figured out how to get that thing to do exactly what he wants it to. He has a lot of fun with that thing… He has certainly gotten his money out of that thing! He’s at three point … Continue reading Flying the Drone →

wo Treks in two days! At this rate, we will EASILY make our goal of 52! For this one, we went down to a bird sanctuary near Olympia… The Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (website here). We’d been there a few years ago, but we figured it’d be fun to check it out … Continue reading Trek 2: Bird Sanctuary →

The first of the “treks”… For our “Year of Christmas” this year, we decided to take 52 treks in 2019. We decided to take advantage of a gap between the Rose Bowl Parade and the Rose Bowl Game, which had the Washington Huskies playing Ohio State. We figured we’d start light, and ease into things… … Continue reading Trek 1: Rattlesnake Lake →

It is FINALLY here! This year, very thankfully, we had the opportunity to once again spend it together with our family. Its not about gifts... but I must admit, I like seeing the smiles and the fun we have!

We went to our church's Candlelight service to celebrate the Reason for the Season. The boys helped me with the slides... training the next generation of "slide guys"... =] Every year, the candle portion of the service is very impactful. The boys liked that part, as well. Let your light so shine...

We went out on an outing with Auntie M. to dust off our snowshoes, and had a great time. We went up to Gold Creek Lake, which is a small park area in the Snoqualmie Pass corridor. We probably could have just walked - and eventually the kids did that, but it was fun anyway. … Continue reading Snoeshoeibg at Gold Creek →

We took a drive around down on a Sunday evening to see what Christmas lights we could see around town, listen to Christmas music, and get some hot chocolate along the way.

I went to Las Vegas for "CS Lewis-Las Vegas," where a group of friends assemble to talk about... CS Lewis, focusing on the particular book or set of books, in the case of this year's topic of Narnia. I look forward to it every year, and this year was a good as ever. Its not … Continue reading CSLV 2018 →