Firewood and tractors.

The boys and I and grandpa dennis picked up a pretty ugly load of firewood for the cabin from some friends and stopped off at John Nitzel's house to get rid of it (too dirty to use at the beach house). Here are Henry and Max checking out one if the 50 some tractors John has on his property. -Gerrit

Home and garden show

We picked up Elon (2 year old neighbor) and went to the home and garden show at the Tacoma dome. It was Elon's first bus ride, which freaked him out a bit. But he rallied, and had a good time. Elon is very well behaved, but it took all the energy of Henry,
Max and I to keep up with him. -Gerrit

Gerrit is forty!!

Gerrit asked for forty gnomes for his birthday!!

Sarah

The Toy Maker

Bill Hartman came to the boys school to teach them about wood and
science.

Sarah

Max building his toy

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A hike at Snake lake

The boys and I spent a couple of hours at Snake Lake yesterday, mostly hiking the trails, but also checking out the little exhibit area they have. Quite fun, but rather wet and cold. -Gerrit

Christmas morning

Playing a new game on Christmas morning. Our friend Andy stayed the night, and Bob and Janet came over. Sarah made a tea ring and I made fried potatoes, sausage, grapefruit and eggs Benedict. Tasty. -Gerrit