Christmas

Andrew and Mali took the train to Tacoma from Portland and I scooped them up for a night at Grandma and Grandpa's. The morning of Christmas Eve I handed out some presents:
They asked for new Vans (shoes), which they got. Also included:
Magnetic Bucky Balls (and a little magnetic dude - not shown)


and new gloves, fingered AND fingerless.

Photos!

There has been an ongoing hostage situation happening inside my camera. After several weeks of tense negotiations, seeing only the release of a few small batches of hostages, I approved of alternate methods. By employing a sudden brute-force approach, all of the hostages were released (some for the second time) with no casualties.
The Andrew track photos are available for immediate media review. The Easter Family photos have requested a brief recovery period, and have promised full availability after a short rest and a light snack.

Here is the last of the Andrew photo hostages. More are available on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondad/

Photos!

I finally put together my office yesterday, so this morning I was able to get the photos from our trip last weekend on the PC. I've only uploaded the first few from Crater Lake so far, the ones from my cellphone, so they're smaller than usual. I will do more this weekend. As always, there's a few more at www.flickr.com/photos/oregondad/