1*28*07

I'm just gonna keep with the scenery theme and put this one on here.

This is one of the parts of Oregon I miss the most... the gorgeous view of the mountains around us all the time. This is a shot of Mount Hood from just a ways down the hill from Ryan's mom's house. I realize now that I took this sight for granted when we lived here and saw it almost every day from pretty much anywhere in town, so I had to actually stop and take a picture today. I love these days when it's such a clear and beautiful sky and the mountain is so perfectly covered with all that snow. Sometimes I just want to stop and stare in awe.
And then head directly up there to hang out at a great cabin all cozied up with a roaring fire in between ski/snowboard runs.

I like today because of...

mountain views, sunny days, Savannah's giggles

1*27*07

This one's for you Ryan...This is the view now from the corner of 172nd and Sunnyside Rd, looking down the on hill on what would be the north side of Sunnyside.
I stopped and took this picture in that little church parking lot.
And they have put traffic lights in all the way up to 162nd. At this rate they'll be all the way up to your mom's house by the end of the year!
I know you're just slowly shaking your head...

I like today because of...

55 degree sunshiney winter days, Toney Baloney's, friends and family, playing games, the fact that the weekend is here (and when it's over we'll be getting ready to head home), Jello no-bake cheesecake

1*26*07

You'd think they'd never seen the sun before...

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1*24*07

Just playing around with bath bubbles...

And I have to admit I didn't take these pictures today... they are from the night before. I have no excuse except that I didn't take my camera out today at all. Hey, at least I made it 23 days!

1*23*07

Anyone else need a little cheering up today?

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1*20*07

I like today because of...

the way a fresh haircut cheers you up, revisiting old toys from my childhood, having my mom help out so much when we're sick, loperamide hydrochloride

1*19*07

I think this kid misses his Daddy...

1*18*07

Savannah has a special "Lammie". She has loved that thing as long as I can remember; she sleeps with her, takes her everywhere, talks to her, plays with her, and just plain old loves her to death. Needless to say, after three or more years of this, Lammie is not looking her best. She gets her fair share of baths, but she is permanantly now a gray lamb instead of white and quite worn, thin, and looks a little haggard and shrunken.

Savannah has a friend who was given the same stuffed lamb around the same time when they were both babies. This friend's lamb, however, was obviously not loved the same way Lammie has been, and in fact has hardly been touched. She is pristine; so soft and white and fluffy. Such an adorable little lamb.

But I wonder... which one is really the more beautiful toy?

1*17*07

My poor, sick baby... This is how he spent the whole day.

Feel better soon little guy.

1*16*07

This is probably just a completely wrong picture, technically speaking, but I thought it was kinda cool the way it came out with the light of the sun setting...

1*15*07

I couldn't pick just one of these...

Savannah Joy and Taegen Grace
January 16th, 2007

1*14*07

We must have taken a record number of bathtub shots with the three cousins over the last two days. They were pretty cute in there all together!

This is one of my favorites though. Taegen's eyes are normally so blue... but here they seem to almost match the minty green aqua color of the tub.

1*13*07

Nothing special... just the kiddos on the airplane in a quiet moment.
I'm lucky I picked up the camera at all today!

1*12*07

Sawyer was a little too quiet, so we went looking for him and here's what we found...