PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA

You folks may have heard in the news a short while back about 4 Lakewood police officers who were murdered while having coffee and working on their laptops before the start of their shift. Well, yesterday and today all of the Papa John's Pizza's up here in the northwest are planning to donate all of their profits to the family members of the slain officers. Since Mimi does not have practice of any sort, Keri and I thought that it would be a great idea if we ordered pizza for the kids and they could have pizza and a Christmas movie. All went well except for the fact that outpouring generosity of us northwest people, Papa John's stopped taking orders. They cannot keep up with the demand. We still had pizza and movie even though it was not Papa John's. The kids also had a great time together like they always do.

DRUIDS GLEN

It has been colder than usual up here in the northwest. The top pictures were taken last Monday on my way home from Costco. The part of the picture where you see the sun shinning off of the lake is where the water is frozen. Monday is also the day when we get our milk and eggs delivered at 100:00 in the morning and I forgot to bring them in. No worries though, when dad got home from work in the evening, he went to get the milk and it was frozen solid. It was 19 degrees this morning. Dang it is cold outside. Meant to take a picture of Mimi and her classmates waiting outside their classroom ready to go in, but I forgot my camera. Oh well, I guess you will have to just picture it. All of the kids kind of look like the kid from "A Christmas Story" saying "I can't put my arms down!"

MEETING UP WITH OLD FRIENDS

It seems that no matter where we go, we always experience a nice surprise. After the ice skating, we all went outside and lo and behold, who do we see? None other than Olivia and Jack. Olivia and Jack live in our neighborhood. Last year all three were in the same kindergarten class and this year Olivia and Blake are in the same class. Tomorrow afternoon we will all be going over to Olivia's house for her 7th birthday party. What a great day this is turning out to be. Of course Mimi and Blake had to do one more Carousel ride before going back to Westlake Center for a sushi dinner for Mimi and I. Blake had the good old stand-by of McDonald's along with Sara and her family. We met up with Tasha (Sara's big sis) at Westlake. Tasha is now going to Cornish University in downtown Seattle and like any college student she comes home on the weekends to do laundry at mom's house.

ICE SKATING

When the kids had enough of the museum, we all headed over to the ice rink where they could go skating. I just love the Seattle Center. There is so much for the kids and kids at heart to do but not enough time. Darn it!

SUSHI ANYONE?????

A WHALE OF A TALE

CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

When lunch was over, it was time to hop onto the monorail and head over to the Children Museum where they could burn off a whole lot more energy.