CROSSING THE BORDER INTO CANADA

SEATTLE IN A DAY CONTINUED

Since Mimi and Samantha was getting quite tired of me taking pictures of them, I switched to videos. Worked much better in the long run. The video with the wave is Ballard Locks and the balls are at the Space Needle.

SEATTLE IN A DAY

Our day started off with a good breakfast from Black Diamond Bakery before heading out to Ballard Locks. Something that Allyn did not get to do the last time they were here. It was a gorgeous sunny day that day. After spending a couple of hours at the locks we were all getting kinda hungry again so dad suggested we try out Dick's burgers. I must say that I was not all that impressed with them but it took care of the hunger pangs I was feeling at the time. Then it was time to head over to the gasworks park where it was quite windy. Great day for flying a kite however dad forgot to bring our kite, darn it. After the park, I thought it would be a great idea to drive into downtown Seattle for dinner at Todai's. However that did not work out as Todai's moved! Darn it! We did get a chance to ride the monorail and go to the food court for dinner as Mimi and Samantha love Udon and soup always taste great on a cold day. Of course I had to take a picture of the girls on their dads shoulders. Mimi has dad doing this quite often and as usual he complies for a couple of reasons. One is, she has him wrapped around her finger even though he will never admit to this and second, he may not be able to do this next year as she is getting heavier and taller.

INTERTUBING AT SNOQUALMIE

Teri had suggested that we take the girls skiing. After my experience with Mimi and skiing, I knew that it would not be a good thing to do. First of all skiing is way harder than it looks. Second of all it takes more than just one day to learn. Mimi already has had 4 years of experience which is why she is pretty good at it. Therefore I suggested that we all go intertubing we had already done it earlier with Blake and his family. The kids just loved it. So that is what we did and we all had a blast.

MIMI AND SAMANTHA AS "ROCK STARZ"

After coming home from the Chinese dinner Mimi and Samantha decided that they were "Rock Starz". They decided that they wanted to put on a show for us and so they did.

UPDATE OF THE PUTNEY'S

Ok folks, I know that it has been quite a while since my last post. It seems that as Mimi gets older, I am busier than ever before. So please bear with me. Here goes. Two weeks ago Saturday was when our dear friends the Fratkins arrived. That very same night we took them to our usual Chinese restaurant The Golden Peacock for the Chinese New Year celebration. All was going well until they lit the firecrackers. That's when it all went kind of downhill for us. It was so darn loud and smokey. I am so sorry about that. I totally forgot all about it. Sorry Teri, Allyn and Samantha. Hope you had fun anyways.

MORE MID-WINTER BREAK FUN

We're all about having fairly cheap fun these days. While Blake is having fun at the Great Wolf Lodge, Mimi and Zoe are some fun on their own. Yesterday Zoe came over to our house and today Butch and I walked Mimi over to Zoe's. They always have loads of fun together. A couple of hours after playing I received a phone call from Shelly. She says that the girls are conjouring up a sleep-over plan. Since Zoe's big sis Allyah is having a sleep-over with her friend Courtney, Shelly figures that Zoe could have her sleep over with Mimi. When I talked with Mimi on the phone I said "you don't want a sleep-over with Zoe now do you?" to which the girl says in a big loud voice "UH-HUH-UH!!!". I then continue "I know you want to come home to me, dad, Butch and Stanley" to which the girl says "Mom, you're just messing with me. Now don't make me mad". I'm such a stinker. Next thing I knew Shelly dropped her off at home to collect her stuff while she did a bit of grocery shopping for tonight's dinner of hamburgers. Mimi and Zoe said that they are going on a vacation when I took this picture of the two of them. The next picture is of Mimi talking with her dad and telling him all about her plans for the evening. We do have a busy social butterfly on our hands. Dad says that gone are the days when Mimi absolutely would not leave our side, now she practically flies out the door.