Today Sarah and I are going to take Tori to see just about anything in the city that she wants to see, and this weekend we're off to ride a ferry, see Snoqualmie pass/falls and do some other touristy stuff. That works out nicely, because then we get to do the touristy stuff, even though we live here now.

No Mount Rainier or Pacific Ocean on this trip, sadly. They are both farther away than we initially imagined, and can't bring ourselves to have the boys crated that long.

Pie Crust.

Another Christmas has come and gone. And, to be entirely truthful, this has been one of the better that I can ever remember having shared in.

The gifts were all appropriate, appreciated and enjoyed.

The times spent were all joyous and free of dramatics (minus my upset stomach, which may or may not have stemmed from the suppression of so much hate and rage, jk).

Most of what I will remember are the smiles and the laughter and the sharing of memories new and old.

Thank you, dear family, and thank you most of all Sarah.