Chrismas '08

Solstice Party!

Thanks to Molly and Eric for hosting the Solstice despite the many nches of snow that caused EVERYTHING else in PT to be cancelled. Thanks also to James for laying down the joyous Jamaican beats.

Saskia's Party

Saskia's 8th Birthday

You've come a long way from London, baby.

The Root Children, June 13, 2008

BIg Quilcene, May 24, 2008

A gorgeous day! Trail head is about 2875 ft. It follows the gushing Quilcene River through lovely old growth forest. Lots of faerie houses! We hit snow after about a mile, around 3200 ft., so we turned back way before Mama wanted to. She'll be back.












The faeries' bathtub.














Here's Bubba in the faeries' bathtub.













Sas and Bub did a great job running down.

May Day, Sunfield School, 2008

As you can tell from the photos, "May Day" is a holiday for the hearty in the NW. Send those winter whites to us if you've got them for next year.

Old Fort Townsend, May 2008

Easter 2008

Laura made her was across the state to celebrate the Easter holiday with Saskia, Grammy, ChaCha Julie, Uncle Thomas and RubyVal.


Highlights of the trip were:
a beautiful hike through the woods to celebrate Kavi's 7th Birthday;
an early morning egg hunt and brunch at neighbors' Diane, Dan and MacKenzie's;

brunch at Nadia and Billy's;


and the Spring Festival celebration at Sunfield.





















Mama took the Bainbridge Island ferry to and from:























Sorry for the poor quality and paucity of pictures - I forgot my camera and had to make due with the one in my camera.

Happy Spring!

OR in February

Saskia, Mommy, and Grammy met up in Gresham. On Saturday, we met Cha Cha Denise and baby Ada in Portland and walked to Laurelhurst Park. On Sunday, Sas got to play with her cousins Talus and Laurel Rose. The highlights of the day were here going really fast on an ATV ride with Uncle Bill and jumping on Laurel and Talus's new trampoline. Monday came too soon. Mommy had to drive back to Spokane. We'll meet again soon in Grammy and Saskia's new house in Chimacum, probably during Mommy's Spring Break.

Hurtling through Space and Time

Life continues to come at us at an amazing speed, pushing us on to new pathways, new places, new plans. Last weekend, Mommy flew to Seattle and then drove to Chimacum to meet up with Cha Cha Julie, Uncle T, RubyVal, Grammy and SASI! We love it there. Here's some of what we did:


















































As usual, Saskia proves to be the most hard core farm girl of the bunch, taking the shot of goat's milk straight into her mouth!


On Sunday, we checked out Port Townsend and took a nice walk on the beach at Port Worden State Park with Grammy.


Then, all too soon, it was time for Mommy to head back to Spokane. Grammy had come down with a cold, and RubyVal was trying out her new found feisty-ness on everyone. Perhaps, she realizes there are more beings around these days so it's time to assert herself a bit.

Sasi and Grammy's adventure continues this week, checking out Sun Field School and exploring housing options. Mommy will catch up with them for a new adventure Feb. 15th. She likes the peace and quiet at home but misses her Sasi terribly.