OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW

Gone are the days when mom has to carry around the clunker of a Olympus camera. Dad bought mom this new Cannon camera for Christmas. Not as nice as a SLR but it will do for now. Mom really likes it because it is small enough to carry around in her purse or pocket.

DECEMBER STORM CONTINUES

Will it ever end??? The newscaster says that this is the worst storm that Washington State has faced in a decade. It has stopped snowing for the most part but now it has started to rain and we

even had a bit of gusty winds today. All of the snow is starting to turn to slush. It was reported that the snowplow industry has been making some big bucks this season. Even some independent plowers did pretty well too. Everyone now is worried about flooding.

SIGHTSEEING

These are a few pictures from yesterday's sightseeing trip around downtown Seattle. Of course no trip is complete without a visit to Pike's Place Market.

HAVING FUN WITH NICOLE

Mimi really loves Joe's new wife Nicole. I guess Mimi decided that she needed a make-over.

MY HOW TIME FLIES

It seems just like yesterday when the whole family arrived. Come this Thursday is when Joe and his new wife Nicole will be heading back home. This morning dad had to go to work and is using mom's car. Meanwhile Joe and Nicole are using dad's car to go do some shopping at South Center Mall and REI's. Tonight we will all go over to grandma's for dinner and then tomorrow we are planning a ski trip to Crystal Mountain. Mimi can hardly wait. She says that she wants to go right this very moment. She has all of her equipment ready to go.

MIMI, MR. BUTCH AND BUTCH

"Mr Butch" (webkin) was given to Mimi this Christmas by her BFF Blake.

FUTURE PHOTOGRAPHER???

Mimi loves taking pictures so this Christmas Santa was quite good to her and brought her a V-Tech camera which she absolutely loves because not only can you take pictures with it, you can also play various games on it too.

PERILS OF MIMI

After coming home from dinner, mom came downstairs to find that Mimi had decided that Joe and dad needed a little dressing up to do.

DINNER AT ROOTER'S

Unfortunately there are not too many good places to eat where we live so that is how we ended up at Rooter's which is not far from grandma's house and is a fairly quiet place and not as noisy as Red Robins. As one can see Mimi really loves her BBQ ribs. She chewed all of the meat right off the bone.

RELAXING AT HOME

Yesterday mom took Auntie Setsue and Uncle David to their usual destination when they come to visit us up here in the northwest. We went to Uwajimaya! Both Auntie Setsue and Uncle David like going to Kinokuniya Bookstore to add to their book collection at home. Meanwhile Joe and dad who both said that they are tired of Uwajimaya went with Mimi and Nicole sightseeing around downtown Seattle. Of course they had to go to the Space Needle and take a ride on the monorail. We all decided to give grandma a break from cooking and met up at our house before heading out to dinner ar Rooter's.