Catch up

Here are a series of photos from the last month or so. We headed up to South Prairie, Washington for Thanksgiving with family and spent the first night away in downtown Seattle. We had a great time! We rode the monarail to the Seattle Center and then Alyssa and Harry went up the Space Needle. Lauren and I stayed down below and went through the gift shop.

The view from the top!

Getting ready to head out from The Camlin, a hotel rich in history and also a few famous patrons, such as Al Capone, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and the scene from a movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

We had a painting project going on in our living room. We painted a far wall this "burnt cinnamon" color and then did the rest of the walls in a "tawny bisque". We are really enjoying the refreshing change and especially like the warmer colors.

My big helper.

This is Jackie, the cat the tried to adopt us. She spent about a month sleeping on our bench at night and meowing for food during the day. We found out she has owners a block away but has chosen not to return home anymore. The last week she is quite content and spoiled living in our next door neighbors house, only coming out a couple times a day. We are glad she found a home where she is happy.

Warming up at Boring Bark where we picked out our Christmas tree. The owners spoiled us with hot cocoa and coffee, freshly roasted on site.

We enjoyed a visit from our cousins of the South and had a chance to visit while the kids played.

We all enjoyed holding baby W.

A and L playing with the dollhouse in Papa and Grandma's sunroom. It is a pretty neat dollhouse with sounds, lights and lots of little accessories to decorate the house with.

The baby doll, Annie, on the right was my doll as a child. She was almost as big as W and he sure enjoyed looking at her, at least until her head popped off!