Marathon

Our daughter-in-law Sarah is running a marathon this Saturday with her sister. Here's the link....

http://sportsyakima.com/2010/03/sisters-taking-it-all-in-stride-for-marathon/

Yakima Home and Garden Show Here We Come...

Sundome


Today we are volunteering at the Yakima Home and Garden Show held in the Sundome. We've been wanting to attend to see what kind of plants will do well here. We want to add some colorful plants to our yard.

Uplands Trail Hike

A couple of days ago it was sunny and fairly warm, so we ventured out for a spring hike in the hills around Yakima. Some of the spring wildflowers are blooming and the snow covered mountains were visible in the distance. It was a great day! Beautiful flowers, sunshine, semi-warm temps, and, best of all, way too early for the rattlesnakes to be out.

New Pix

Our darling daughter-in-law snapped this picture of us on our cruise just before Christmas. This was a family trip to celebrate my 60th birthday - among other things. She takes better pictures than the pros on board.

Friends from our old neighborhood drove 3 hours each way today to visit us! What great friends we have! The day was crystal clear and sunny, but still cold. We had a great visit with old friends. Nothing like 30-year friendships - no time to make new friends like that.

Can hardly wait for spring. I want to plant flowers, but it is still freezing at night, so that will have to wait.

Reeds

A friend of mine in California found this place. Hope we can shop here someday - it's on Main St in St Helena, CA.
We are having cold and dreary weather here - warm, sunny California sounds good about now.

New Year

After a super charged end of the year and having the whole family here everyday for about 2 weeks, the new year has been very quiet. Mark is back in Boston, Drew is in Qatar, the kids are in school, so our days are back to the mundane. Winter doldrums have set in. Time to get motivated and productive!

Family Game Night

It has been so great living near our son and his family. With our other son also home for the holidays, it just doesn't get better than that. Both of them will be leaving on Sunday, so last night was game night at our house. It was a chance for us all to have some fun times together since it might be another year before we can all get together again. We had the board game Risk going while Grandpa and Hannah played some chess and then the keyboard. We also played a couple of rounds of dominoes.
While it was warm and cozy inside, outside it was cold (20's) and snowing.