We bought the Honda Odyssey in June 2006.  I went digging through my files and found the pictures from the day we bought it.  The first real drive we took with it was just a couple of days later, when we drove over to Fort Casey (via the ferry to Whidbey Island) with Ane and […]

Yesterday would have been my Ojiichan’s 99th birthday. That’s him with baby me.  Being the oldest grandchild, I was kind of a big deal when I showed up. I tried going to the cemetery recently, but thanks to COVID, the columbarium is only open on weekends – and I was there on a Tuesday.  Oh […]

Father’s Day is just around the corner, and while we are slogging through the last days of school, it’s nice to look back on happy moments when we could gather together without major worries about spreading viruses… Here was the Webmaster on Father’s Day 2013, with Ane and baby Thumper: And here they all were […]

Three years ago, Tad took his very first tour of his new middle school.  He was quite nervous, as you can probably tell by his expression. Well, three years later (plus braces and FIVE INCHES OF HEIGHT), he is finishing middle school.  Though not in the way we would prefer, he is definitely moving on […]