happy birthday, thad!

another year older, another year wiser…another year closer to forty! we love you, thad!!!!

lucky 13

the birthday boy!!!

no dog celebration is complete without...drumsticks & party hats!

13!!!!!

waiting to blow out the candles

mmmmm...vanilla! here dugga, try some

cheers to many more years, mister! we love you!!!

happy deedo's day

jackie is lucky to have such a fun, adventurous, crazy guy as his dad. thad makes everyday fun. we LOVE YOU!!!!

jackie loves his deedo

the gift that keeps on giving…BEER!

thad won #1 dad…AGAIN?!!!

YES!!!!!!! he did it! he did it!!!!

jackie goes golfing

ready to hit the links!

short game lesson with coach grampie

riding in the cart with grampie

lesson #2…coach deedo

practice shot

i was there too!!!!

garden guys

strawberries

cherry tomatoes

all good in the garden

pumpkins...lots of pumpkins

seeds from nana

wild flowers, ready to be planted

intense seed sowing

now for a little water...

excited to see what starts growing!!!!

these two

they don't make 'em much cuter

happy birthday...to me!

another year older...grammie & grampie treated us to a great birthday dinner at Decarli in downtown beaverton. the food is excellent!!! i got showered with presents (love that!) and of course i loved spending my birthday with my favorite people!!!

birthday fam. jackie LOVES eating out, as you can see

the original 3.

semi close up of just one of the awesome desserts...salted caramel cheesecake. YUM

soccer

jackson started soccer (indoor, of course...it's oregon, remember?!) he liked it and did pretty well, considering he's never played soccer in his life. excited to buy him a whole official soccer uniform!!!

jackson's 1st day of soccer was a success!

practicing before practice with thad

mad shoosh - the movie

snowball fight - the movie

sledding sesh - the movie

sochi luge hopeful - the movie

winter sunset - the movie

table shuff - the movie

ski school - the movie

ski school

thumbs up for skiing!!!

getting set up

the lesson begins

on the move

squish the buggy

jackson went skiing! he did great for his very 1st time, and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. blue skies, no crowds and 55 degrees in january!?!!

the very fancy magic carpet

1st run!

high five!

even thad got a couple real runs in

tiny skier

mmmm.  hot chocolate