Our Christmas Present to the Martineaus and Pittmans

Dear Safeco

Dear Safeco,
This is the damage your irresponsible driver did to our car, not to mention the bruised & sore back of our daughter. Your total loss adjuster was unprofessional, combative, unapologetic and just plain rude. As you can see - YOUR DRIVER HIT US. - Do the right thing and make us whole and quit the crap.
Signed - A pissed off car owner.

Road Trip to The Dunes in Florence OR

Our first stop, Tillamook OR and the Tillamook Cheese Factory - They have great ice cream too!

This is just a few of the photos of our trip to Florence OR. I will update my online photo album soon. Shelli said we should have told her about the trip, but now that I think about it she was still in school. We camped, sorry I didn't take camping pictures.

Below: Earl & Tiffany

The whole gang, Daddio is in the blue shirt.

Below: JiJenni
Below: Mike & Ji

Happy Birthday & Father's Day Daddio

Sixty-Eight is great!

Happy Birthday to You

Nugget says: To the guy who knows best how to relax; Happy Father's Day!

(Please excuse the bare chest)

WTG Daddio

RR having a go. (Excuse the horrible messy garage)

JI Drum Set 1st Try

JI is very proud of the drum set she just bought. She says she sucks, and please note this was her first attempt with this piece of music. She is going to give up the guitar lessons and switch to drums lessons since she is in the percussion section of her HS band. She has never had anything to practice on at home except a drum pad, and I guess have a whole drum set makes it far more likely she will practice. Our only concern is the neighbors.... this set is loud!

Wish us luck! Good thing I like drums!

Congrats Shell!

Congratulations are in order for Shell who received her BA in English with a emphasis in literature. Shell graduated with honors and we are so proud!

Happy Easter!

Nugget, Stewy and Ozzy helped the girls hunt for eggs.

Happy Easter!
Below: These guys need to work on their egg hunting skills.

Video clips

This is Genn playing guitar in her high school Jazz Band. Genn is to the right of the piano, she is blocked by a music stand. I need to get better at this. Also, my clip cut out before the end of the piece. - Enjoy.

Next up Sam coloring easter eggs.... and Ozzy comes to help.

Tiffy's Birthday.

Preparing for Easter

Sam is the offical Easter Bunny in training this year. We filled eggs with chocolates and gummy worms, sour patch kids and more. We also colored eggs and made cupcakes. It was a busy day - check out www.adogaday.blogspot.com to see how the dogs got involved. Hoppy Easter everyone.

Happy Birthday Tiff!

Time flies when your having fun! Happy Happy Birthday Tiffy!

Congratulations!

Shell has earned her BA in English with emphasis in literature and is graduating with honors! We will be celebrating this May. Shell has already started working on her Masters in Education. Yeah Shell! We are proudy! Visit Shell's site: www.funnyguurl.blogspot.com

Wright Park Conservatory, Tacoma WA

The office took a field trip in honor of DeAnn's birthday. We visited the Conservatory at Wright Park. We saw very beautiful plants and flowers and a rock carving that I thought looked like Gene Simmons. After the Conservatory we had a great lunch at Grassi's Flowers & Gifts, upstairs in the Garden Cafe. The food was wonderful, the girls wanted to show off the presentation, see below. We had a lot of fun and laughed alot!

I don't know the name of the plant above, but I really like it. It blossoms look soft and fuzzy.

The ancient version of Gene Simmons?

SK-Above

JC, above-Not sure about her choice

Birthday Girl! Happy Happy Birthday!!

Picture Of The Day:

SP trying to flip me off, she missed and ended up picking her nose.

1st Birthday!

Alex's 1st Birthday - Showing off his walking skills!

Ooooh Books

Cake is really yummy when you can squish it through your figures and rub it all over your face.

What's The Score?

'Watching' the game last Sunday. - Practicing for the Super Bowl.

Who Won?
"I didn't fall asleep until I knew who won".

They're Baaack

Tiff & E have been back home for a while now. Just when I was getting used to a quite nest..... I like the noise better!

( Don't Ask)

( Computer Hog)

Mum & Nuggy

Is this picture too dark? I think I'll use it for my profile. My eyes are open, which is a rare event and I am with my favorite doggy girl Miss Nugget. We are thinking of adopting another dog, a stray who appears to be a yorkipoo, I may have gotten the name wrong. He's a boy, around 10mos. 15# and needs a haircut. Tiffy really wants to be his mum, there is one stipulation, we need to get him fixed, or Nugget, maybe both. -No puppies allowed if we adopt. I think I should get Nugget fixed, it is not pleasant when she is in heat. If we do adopt, RR who kept saying, no, no, no, out of the blue said "I've got the perfect name"! - Ozzy Black Sabbath. Tiffy and I being brillant said - Yes!

Still Here

Today we got a dusting of snow and the snow from last Wednesday evening is still with us. Our temperature is not getting high enough to do any melting and I've heard it won't until next Thursday. I feel like we are living in Anchorage!

Did We Get Snow - OR What!

We got a huge blast of snow, 6-8 inches yesterday evening; today our temperature was between 27-30 degrees, We did have some sun and the main roads had a little melting. However, not much. All of our back roads are icy and even the main roads have huge patches of ice. No school and perfect conditions for sledding, it's a drivers nightmare and a child's delight! Tikki and E played with the beagles outside and did some sledding. Stewy loves playing in the snow, he runs through it full speed with a smile on his face. Nugget will follow along for a while but then asks to come back in. The last I heard there is no end to the low temps in sight!

Sweet! Cocoa in a Snowman Teapot

KH enoying cocoa on the last day of 2006 - Happy New Year everyone!