Holiday Bowling!

Go Dawgs!!!!!

City Champs – Again!

Ian’s 14U Hillwood soccer team has repeated as City Champs.  The championship game was this last weekend, and for once, it was not raining!  (We’ve definitely had a wet December, but then, we are in Seattle.)  Ian had a nice tournament, scoring several goals and assisting on several others.

 

It was a huge accomplishment to even make it back to the final game.  We lost several key players from last year’s team, but managed to bring on some new ones that made a definite impact – it was a team victory!

 

Tanner’s team fell one game short, having lost in the 12U semi-final game.  Tanner played goalie for half of each of his team’s 4 tournament games and only gave up 2 goals!  He also scored a couple goals and had multiple assists. His team also welcomed many new players this year.

We’re sad to see soccer season come to an end, but the good news is that now we only have 2 sports going on!  (Basketball and baseball, in case you were wondering.)

Jingle Bell Run

Lane, Eric and I jingled our way through the rainy streets of Downtown Seattle yesterday morning for the Jingle Bell 5K.  Lane (and Eric) ran with the elves in the kids 1K and my friend Kathy and I did the 5K.   This was Lane’s first race and he did awesome! 

  

SNOW DAY

Seattle was hit with an early snowstorm yesterday.  The schools let out 2 hours early and by 9 pm we had 6 inches of snow and another day to play.  Long gone are the days of sitting by the radio waiting to hear the name of our school district.  Now we get automated phone calls and e-mails.  But the boys enjoyed some good old-fashioned sledding fun.

I heard on the news that this was Seattle’s earliest snow in 25 years.  I think we’re in for a wild winter this year.  We’re looking forward to it!

glassybaby

We are now the proud owners of 2 glassybaby candle holders.  In case you haven’t heard of them (they’ve been on Oprah’s list of favorite things), glassybabies are handmade glass cups, vases, candleholders – whatever you want to call them.  They are the creation of a local three-time cancer survivor who found the glassybaby light to be soothing and healing.  Each one is unique and individually beautiful.  My picture can not do them justice.

We received the eggplant colored glassybabies as a gift at King & Oliason’s 20th anniversary party last night.  We had a great celebration at Canlis and got to take these babies home at the end of the evening.  The colors are perfect for our living room.  Thanks, Norma and Karol!

PS Eggplant is the signature color of K&O.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

I’ve heard he is making an appearance before Thanksgiving this year!  We’re getting prepared.  We whipped out the Christmas movies and music this weekend.  I’m not letting it go by so fast this year! 

It seemed like just yesterday. . .

Ian, 1997

Ian & Tanner, 2000

Ian, Tanner & Lane, 2005 

(We missed the boat on the shoes, bummer.)

 

And now for my favorite. . .

2003

Family Ties

                                   
Tanner (2010) and his Uncle Scott (circa 1982)