Christmas Pictures

 Delaney helping Grandma by licking the whip cream beater.

 Nicholas infatuated with his new toy the follows his marker path.

 Eli liked watching the birds at Grandma's feeder best.

The morning after Christmas, Mason and Mackenzie are both playing with their DS video system.

Zoo Lights

Okay, I finally figured out how to rotate a picture on here (well sort of, I had to put the picture in a folder on my desktop first)  but anyway we got to take Nicholas and Eli to see the lights at the zoo and it was so much fun watching their excitement.  We braved the cold and the crowds and had a wonderful time.

Our annual Christmas pictures

For those of you who would like to see the year's pictures we usually send in our annual Christmas letter.  This seemed like a better way to do it.  

Enjoy

Eli and Joel doing some serious playing in the sandbox

Grandma and Delaney watching the trains

Joel, Gail, Scott and Erin

Kathy and Gary Austin with Erin, Gail

Mackenzie, Mason and Delaney

Scott with our friends, 

Chuck and Linda Yard in Seattle

 Scott and Mackenzie heading down the slopes

The whole family gathered for Thanksgiving 

Eli, Mackenzie, Mason, Nicholas and Delaney 

The 60-year-old high school buddies

 Scott and Gail riding bikes on the wall of Xi'an in China

Scott and Delaney "chillin"

 Scott with Nicholas and Eli

                                                            

Family Get-Together

We just got back from a family weekend in Rhododendron, OR. Eleven of us stayed in a cabin on the Sandy River and our chefs and hosts (my brother and his wife) were across the street.

Here's the whole kit and kaboodle

I've finally joined the rest of the world????

Okay,  I wanted everyone to hear my grandson, Nicholas, singing in Japanese and seeing as I can't attach it to e-mail than this seemed like the next best wait to share.  If this works, more on my next blog entry.