At the park and with Santa

Sliding at "our" park

Sliding at "our" park

I hit a deer with the Camry

Jamie having fun with shoveling

On the naughty step and watching his movie

We got a lot of snow!

A lot!

A lot!

Playing in the snow

I've infected both boys with a love of ramen!

Jamie's 3rd birthday in March

3rd birthday

3rd birthday

3rd birthday

Fun with Jamie's Brio trains

Enjoying Valentine's Day cookies

Enjoying Valentine's Day cookies

Easter dinner at my Mom and Dad's

Sandhill cranes across the street

Spring hiking at Tamarack

Spring hiking at Tamarack

Playing guitar with Dad

More Tamarack hiking

Gravel for our new beach (forget the driveway for a few days ...

Jamie enjoying the gravel pile

Various shots of the beach before the new gravel

Joe moving gravel

New garden plot (with fence to keep out the rabbits);

mist on the swamp

Biking the Gateway Trail near our home

Jamie with his favorite pillow that Anne gave him

At the Minnesota Zoo

Minnesota Zoo, including the butterfly garden

Getting a "camel ride" and a sleepy head

Joe and Phyllis and Jeff and Nannette's

Fun with driveway chalk

Donut holes are a favorite

Fun with Hotwheels

In May, we had a nice but short trip to White Salmon.  This one:  ON the airplane from MSP to PDX

On his special chair

Hike from our place to the viewpoint at the top of Catherine Creek

Lots of friends visited including the Wetzels, the Smith/McNutts, Jeanne and Steve, Kevin and Anna

A short hike to "the Penninsula" near our place with Cara Smith

Cara and her Dad

3-Corner Rock hike

Jamie at the trailhead

Jamie at the trailhead

Jamie, Phyllis and Mt. Adams

Jamie's favorite activity:  Throwing rocks into a body of water (E Fork of the Hood River in this case)

Throwing rocks

Throwing rocks

Throwing rocks

Throwing rocks

A new (to us) hike to Wahclella Falls in the Gorge, now a favorite hike

Wahclella Falls hike

Wahclella Falls hike

Wahclella Falls hike

Wahclella devolves to rock throwing of course

Wahclella Falls hike

Final supper with Jeanne and Steve

Phyllis's colleague Kim and her grandson Marvin

Wisteria in bloom

Willow River State Park

Willow River State Park

St. Paul Saints baseball game in August

We got to spend a fun week at my brothers Jon and Charlie's cabin near Mitchell Lake, near Emily, MN

We paddled up Crooked Creek from the boat launch on Mitchell Lake

Rock-throwing at the boat launch

We paddled around Eagle Lake

Rock-throwing at the launch

Going to the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Itasca State Park

The Shingobee Trail near Brainerd

Walking on River Lane

Hiking in the Pillsbury St Forest, near Brainerd

With Phyllis's colleague Maya

Jamie the builder and movie-watching

Grandpa Pete's place in Gresham, WI, October

Phyllis, her Mom Kay, and sister Polly, Shawano, October

Fall colors near Shawano, October

I took a fall trip to White Salmon to plant trees and winterize.  Eric and Jeanne were there too.

Our White Salmon neighbor and her daughter

Steve on his tractor

Inside the new home of Thomas Nicolai and his wife Jin Hee (just down the hill from our place), who we met in 2009

Jamie in his Power Ranger Halloween costume

New snow in White Salmon, 4-Dec-2007

Steve took these

Falling snow and geese on the pond in Shoreview; crazy ice-breaking neighbors

Thanksgiving dinner at my Mom and Dad's

Thanksgiving dinner at my Mom and Dad's

December sunset and snow

Jamie home sick from school

No more diapers!

Our 5th anniversary at Tria

Loony's birthday

Joe and his tail

More snow

Fun in the snow

Fun in the snow