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Photo round up of December

Posted on 03. Jan, 2009 by Scott D.

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Since I have come under fire for not updating the blog in a while, (I was on vacation, thank you!) I figured that I could do one big post that would cover the past month. Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Anyway, as you may have known from past entries, we were visited by my in-laws for Thanksgiving, and then soon after, we drove to Fresno for a night, then flew up to Portland for a week. We were planning on heading to the beach once we got to Oregon, but a big snow storm kept us from going to far. We did get to do some good shopping, eating out, and the kids got to visit the Children’s Museum, so it wasn’t too hard to get around. We had a nice early Christmas in Portland with Grandma and Grandpa Donaldson, and Aunty Lee Ann, then we flew back down to Fresno for Christmas Part-2.

In Fresno, we celebrated Grandma Benita’s birthday, and relaxed in warmer weather. We had a HUGE feast for Christmas Eve, but Grandpa Morris (Chester) got called in for work (surgery) and missed a big part of the festivities. =( We had a great Christmas, followed by another big meal up in North Fork (north of Fresno) at Grandma Benita’s sisters’ house.

After playing with cousins, drinking wine, and trying to beat Grandma Benita at Scrabble, (she cheats, somehow) we loaded up at went home.

We had a nice picnic outside for lunch yesterday, and we were attacked by bees (right after we ate, thank goodness.) It’s nice to be home, but we miss family very much. Stay warm!

It's fun to watch them come up with words using only vowels.

Downtown Prescott lighting of the square.

Max and I checking out the light show.

Madison at the Children's Museum having a blast.

Grandpa D and Max

Max thinks he looks cool.

Madison made forts at the condo in Portland.

Madison takes a bath in the sink. I have a photo of this same bath from a year ago.. I will post it soon.

Max loved taking a bath, too.

We had an early Christmas in Portland.

Max got a monkey!

I think Madison gave a nice gift to Aunty Lee Ann.

Gifts!

Grandpa got a new tie and shirt from Madison and Max.

Bowling!

Extreme Closeup!

Madison firted with the firemen in Fresno.

Madison flirted with the firemen in Fresno.

Grandpa got called into work on x-mas eve!

The kids loved playing outside.

The Fresno Christmas Tree... oooh... pretty.

Snow up at North Fork

Grandpa relaxing with an apple.

Grandma cheats at Scrabble. She cheats, I say.

Grandma really cheats at Scrabble...... She cheats, I say!

The big words are Grandma's. She has some sort of dictionary built into her head. Giving her more wine never helped. (us, anyway.)

Max slept for most of the ride back home.

Our picknic outside before the big bee attack.

Our picnic outside before the big bee attack.

Max loved eating outside.

Shana cooked an awesome quiche. Great for hangovers!

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Holiday Trip Video Blog #4

Posted on 15. Dec, 2008 by Scott D.

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this is the new blog-o-coolness!

Posted on 13. Aug, 2008 by Scott D.

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We are in Fresno now, but we have had a great time traveling south, so far. We took the ferry from Sitka for 4 days, arrived in Bellingham, Washington, and drove to Portland to be with my parents (who were so nice to us!) for a week. The weather was nice and semi-cool and we had fun downtown, go to the zoo, got new iPhones (sweetness!!) and then headed to the beach for a few days, too.
We took time to be with our friends, the Lowry’s, and they were SO awesome. (They washed our car while we were running errands… like a full cleaning. We could have sold it.) And the beach was cool and perfect. Oregon rules.

We are now in Fresno at my in-laws, and the kids LOVE the swimming pool in the back yard. We have been to the zoo, storyland, and shopping. We have been very busy, but I will post more photos now that I have this cool new blog set up.

So… the blog… it has new features, a new photo gallery, and a lot more to come. It was a bitch to code, so I am done with the web 2.0 stuff for a while. But all the old posts from dadinalaska.com are here, and this will all carry over nice and easy when we move agian in 2 years.

So, how about some photos, then?