cousins!

the whole diaz family came to town! jackie had fun having lunch with his two cousins.

jackie, sami & olivia

zoo date

jackie and i had a super fun date at the portland zoo. sunny skies & good times

zoo train!

jackie got a zoo key

hot chocolate break

giraffes

checking out the view from the zoo train

my boy

pancakes!

strawberry guava pancakes all the way from hawaii!

scootering

blue skies & powerlines

getting the hang of it

happy 2015!

we rang in 2015 with an awesome seafood dinner made by nana & thad. there were special moscow mules. there was a rowdy dance party. there were festive hats. we made it til midnite. happy new year!!!!!!

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cheers!!!!!

thanksgiving

handsome guys

lots of lairds

grampie, jackie & grammie 

thanksgiving mascot

cousin olivia came to visit

thanksgiving was also patti p's 70th birthday!!!

we clean up well

me & lin

more photo ops

early birthday gift from patti p & steve-o

steve-o & the turkey

thad & the birthday girl

one last treat…after pumpkin pie & red velvet cake

mario!

ready for halloween party #1 at school!

he wouldn't wear the 'stache that came with the outfit...so we drew one on

rocket run

jackson's 1st rocket run was a huge success and lots of fun. raising money for a good cause is AWESOME! thanks to everyone who sponsored jackie this year!

so proud of jackie!!! lots of money raised and lots of laps run!

9 laps! way to go jackie!!!

pre-run…these kindergarteners were EXCITED!!!

and…they're off! who knew running could be SO fun?!

lap 9…jackie gets a little help from deedo on the final lap

post run thumbs up, parker, jackson & carter

even uncle chad came to cheer jackie on!

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the tooth fairy has been working overtime the last few weeks!!!

tooth #4

on the road again...

we left thad in quadra to do more fishing, and hit the road with grammie and grampie. we spent the night in victoria, before heading for portland in the morning. such a fun, family-filled vacation!!!

goats on the roof…at goats on the roof in coombs, bc

pizza + caprese salad at cuckoo

jackie got his own pizza

jackson started a marble collection

walking around in victoria…look what we found!

the parliament building in victoria

jackie + grampie checking things out

we took a stroll through the beautiful empress hotel

city lights

an awesome street performer juggling flaming pins!

en route to portland…jackson did NOT like gram pie's choice of music

grammie to the rescue, with her bottle of magical lavender oil