We took a day trip on Saturday to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, where we met up with Nana and Papa.  Though we are members of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Point Defiance has an aquarium as well, and that aquarium has something that even the Seattle Aquarium does not have.
Sharks.

Yes, that is [...]

Yesterday was among the muggier days around here – temperatures reached 80 degrees, but the cloud layer never really burned off.  The temps will be coming down as the week winds down, but there is a possibility of rain.
And the kids get bored easily – even Rerun! – so we have been spending time at [...]

THIS was the unofficial beginning of summer?
To put things in perspective, Rerun wore fleece overalls on Monday.  There was no barbeque on Sunday evening, because it was raining too much and far too wet to have everyone over and outdoors.  We all have cabin fever.  And in a fit of wishful thinking, I clipped the [...]

It was lucky.  The luck ran out on Saturday.

The shirt was given to Rerun by Auntie when he was born.  He wore it to the first softball game of hers that he went to – which they won!
He wore it again on Saturday, when Auntie’s team was in the playoffs for state.  They lost.  Hence [...]