Happy Birthday Dad...

Today would have been my father's 88th birthday. I miss my dad and wish that I could share all the things that have been happening in our lives with him. I wish that he could see his grand daughter dancing around the house and being silly. I wish that he could see the wonderfully creative things that his grandson does with his pencils and his LEGOs. I wish that he could see the love of reading that his grandson has and his thirst for knowledge. I wish that he could see the life we have created for ourselves here in Pullman. I wish he could see that father and husband that I am trying to become. But mostly, I just wish he was here so all of us could give him a hug and tell him how much we love him.

I miss you dad. Thanks for keeping your eye on us. I love you.

More pictures....

Ok, so like my last several posts have all been pictures...I know that is lame and I really do want to write more but right now I am just too tired and we leave for a whirlwind trip to Seattle tomorrow morning so this will have to do...

Anni rocking the drum kit...
Tycho has got the rock star actions down cold...
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to rock?

Boiling water thrown into the nearly 0 degree (F) air...
Science is cool...

Basketball

Yeah, so these posts have been mostly photos lately. I'd like to be writing more but with all the school work and chasing the kids around, I just haven't had the time. So what I will write today is one word...WATCHMEN! Anni and Bryn at Maxs' basketball game

Tycho striking a good hoops pose

Tycho can dribble too!

My new Sounders jersey with the old school name on the back...

Tycho's 6th Birthday

We celebrated Tycho's 6th birthday, yesterday at Zeppoz Bowling. We had 16ish kids running around and bowling and playing games in the arcade, it was crazy fun. Or maybe it was just crazy... The cool flaming Darth Vader cake to fit the Star Wars theme

He bowled a strike wearing this mask

I think these are all the kids...except for the grown up ones...

He was over the moon with all his friends and all the fun

Part of the birthday package is a bowling pin that all the kids can sign...Pretty cool and very heavy...

More snow than we know what to do with...

Max knows what he wants to do...read the classics!

Amy on a Yankee Clipper, the Greatest Sled Ever Made.

Tycho really likes the snow.

Looking at this picture, I expect to see some powder hound come ripping through these trees.

Icicles are inherently cool.

Family Photos from the Christmas in Kirkland

Here are some assorted pix from the Honeywell Family Christmas in Kirkland...

Sledding on the steepest hill in the neighborhood...

The three fiercest wrestlers in all of Mexico...

It was a very small, intimate, gathering...

I just really like this picture...

Christmas 2008

Well Christmas has come and gone for another year and I am, as always, amazed at how quickly it passes by. This year it was time to make the trek to Kirkland with all the kids and spend the holiday at my Mom's. We got over the pass just under the wire, 90 minutes after we crossed the state closed I-90 for most of the next day. Good thing we left early.

On Sunday, we met our friends Heidi and Owen at Bel-Square for running around adn pix with Santa. We also had to get Mom out of the house for the first time in a week. It seems that Seattle and the surrounding communities have forgotten how to clear snow from the roads, parking lots, and any other surface that humans may use for transportation. I guess in the eyes of those in control of such things; if we were meant to get around in such horrible conditions man woudl have invented something to take care of the problem....like a snow plow maybe?

Christmas morning was awesome, Santa was VERY good to the kids and they were super excited to see if Santa had listened to their wishes...

Judging from this little guys reaction, I think the answer is a resounding yes!

Just try prying these gifts out of their hands...I dare you....