Wednesday, January 30, 2008

My View


View from my front door.
Zoomed in so you can see a couple of the deer... look hard its kind of like trying to find the Sasquatch on the Kokanee bottle! :)
I love my view from my house... in fact I probably wouldn't be such a home-body if it was not so freaking spectacular!!!! Normally I am a bird watcher from inside these winter days... I have seen tons of Hawks, every small bird imaginable including dozens of Robins eating worms out of my yard, Quail (they even walk up to the sliding glass door- only when Pat is at work- they are smart), and once I even had a vulture in my back yard(I had to call Pat at work and ask him what kind of HUGE bird looked like it was wearing leg warmers) I have also seen ground hogs, yellow bellied marmots, blue tailed lizards, frogs, bunnies (some of which I had my hired killer take care of so they would stop eating the vegetables out of my garden), wild dogs that pull dirty diapers out of my garbage, snakes, and so many insects its insane.

BUT.... today I saw a deer in the orchard across the street. I had to call Pat so that I could find the binoculars and check it out. Now an hour later I have noticed that there are about 12 deer across the street from me just hanging out, not in a hurry, walking, eating old apples, laying down, sticking around! I LOVE it!

Monday, January 28, 2008

Weekend on the Oregon Coast


We spent the weekend in Manzanita Oregon with our Oregon friends! It was a great weekend at the beach.... Lily's first and she had a gread time.

Pat and Lily with Todd and Ansley.... Lawschool buddies with their daughters.




Lily and her friend Jackson.... he showed her how to play in the sand!
Pat shaved his beard from October.... he is trying out a new look for a while.... he actually just left it so that I could get this picture I was begging for!!!

Our New Niece -Sweet Little Grace


Grace Erin MacLeod
She is beautiful and sweet and was born January 25, 2008 at 10:13 am
6lb 11 oz
19 inches
We are all sooooo excited she is here!!!

Lily's birthday balloon and Time with cousins








Tuesday, January 1, 2008

2008 with the Shirey Family


A walk in Cowiche Canyon... it was a little too cold for Lily but it was beautiful. We decided we needed to warm up so we went to visit the new Winery on Naches Heights. It is a fantastic place, great wine, super nice people. Lily crawled around while Pat and I chatted with the people who run the place and tasted wine.

We have a little carnivore on our hands.... Lily loves chicken and was soooo happy when I finally just let her have this chicken leg. She chewed the meat off of it for about a half hour before she got tired of it!