Escaping from Tito is the best!

Frank outdid himself with a Feast of Seven Fishes dinner!

Family Calendar peaking before Christmas!

Holmes got lucky that assembly was required!

She did go to cooking camp after all. We’re reminded of this often:)

May the gift of sleep and rest be given to us all!

Tis the snow season!

We visited Santa a couple of weeks ago! Meryl had her scene all planned out…riding the rocking horse of course.

Oh what fun! Here they all are and they are treasures!

Meryl’s letter to Santa here is a strategy play for next Christmas, hoping to ride the rocking horse yet again:)

Magic show! And Meryl was chosen to go up on stage to help! The kids are still treasuring their ‘signed’ playing cards by the magician:)

Still working through pictures from a couple of weeks ago:) These e-bikes are so much fun!

Lucky kids! Frank rode them around Lake Union, where they happened upon a model sailboat racing crew who let the kids try out their remote controls!

Holmes always has to bring ‘something’ into the car with him:) Consequently, our cars end up with loads of toys and books and all forms of somethings that need to go back in the house at some point.

And here we are today…iced-in and hoping Xanna’s flight arrives safely this evening as the whole of Seattle closed this morning due to sleet and ice everywhere (it’s also blizzarding in Anchorage). The kids have yet again found the walkie-talkies (they always need new batteries) and Meryl is giving Holmes a remote concert, multitasking by pressing the talk button while playing the ukulele and singing ‘Jingle Bells.’

Allllllllll over the house!