Phyllis and Jim's Family Album for 2009


After Christmas: Jamie with his Tommie gun and cocoa	Christmas tree and snowman and candle	Shark mask	Blue planet DVDs, Magnablox	At Como Zoo

Jamie the builder and petting Rascal	Jamie and his cousin Kai	Abby; Jamie and one of his aquariums	Magnablox, gingerbread house, and shades	Jamie's birthday at Grandma Harriet's

Jamie's shark ship toy from Grandma Harriet	Birthday at home	Birthday at home	I built myself a Les Paul copy electric guitar with a custom neck. Click on the link for more photos.	At Nannette and Jeff's house; With my brother Jon and his new Malamute puppy Cosmos

Underwater Adventure at MOA: the touch pool	Underwater Adventure at MOA: the touch pool	Underwater Adventure at MOA	Underwater Adventure at MOA	Underwater Adventure at MOA

Ocean drawings, loose and missing teeth	My new chair, Jamie's new bicycle helmet, the cats	New rain coat, bird parade	Spring hiking at Tamarack ...	... and then snow!

Pink Panther glasses	Kite flying and a new bike	My birthday dinner at Tria	Jamie and his Bumpa (my Dad)	Spring sunshine

Double rainbow from our front porch	More spring hiking at Tamarack	Jamie and Phyllis	Jamie and me at a party at daycare	Balancing; new bike

Cranes and geese in our neighborhood	Riding with the afterburner	The cats; Jamie and his birds; his racetrack	Tamarack hiking	Playing on the front porch

White Salmon! We brought both of our Moms this year; Jamie on his special chair	The Bonneville Fish Hatchery and Sturgeon Center, with Herman the Sturgeon	Local views	Tamanawas Falls hike	Throwing rocks into the East Fork of the Hood River

Joe at the river, at home	Bonneville Dam	Bonneville Dam	Cannon Beach	Cannon Beach

Cannon Beach	Cannon Beach	Kevin took these photos	Kevin took these photos	Kevin took these photos

Around our place	Around our place	Around our place	At the alpaca farm	At the alpaca farm

Lots of friends	The Gorge Center, Mary Hill Museum peacocks, new LEGO set	Sunrise and sunset on the mountains	Wahclella Falls hike	Wahclella Falls hike

Wahclella Falls hike	Wahclella Falls hike: rock throwing of course			We got a nice new (old -- 1920s) table and chairs

Front porch with new decorations	The "Penninsula" hike, near our place	The "Penninsula" hike, near our place: Base of the big Ponderosa	The "Penninsula" hike, near our place: The big Ponderosa pine	Lots of new stuff! New glass bowl; new facuet

New (old) chairs; new clavinova	We drove up to Mt Hood for a look on a fine day	We finally got to spend some time with Tom and Jin Hee Nicolai, our neighbors down the hill to the north	Last views of the mountains; last view of Multnomah Falls	At the Portland airport, on the airplane, back in Shoreview

Playing guitar		New umbrella; we raised a monarch caterpillar and released the adult	Joe in his new clothes	New landscaping!

Playing in Nannette's pool	Jamie enjoyed shooting baskets all summer	Jamie's preschool graduation	With his teacher Jennifer and Cheryl; with his friend Carson	With Mom doing puzzles; with our friend Missy

Fun at Como Town at Como Park	Fun at Como Town at Como Park	Fun at Como Town at Como Park	Como Park water lillies (all shot with my point-and-shoot)	The butterfly garden at Como Park (All shot with my point-and-shoot)

The butterfly garden at Como Park (All shot with my point-and-shoot)	The butterfly garden at Como Park (All shot with my point-and-shoot)	The butterfly garden at Como Park (All shot with my point-and-shoot)	The butterfly garden at Como Park (All shot with my point-and-shoot)	Joe's 18th birthday

Joe's 18th birthday	Joe's 18th birthday	Jamie's first day of kindergarten	Phyllis's 50th birthday party	Phyllis's 50th birthday party

Phyllis's 50th birthday party	My Mom and Dad at the Arbor at Boutwell's Landing	Phyllis and I finally got a weekend to ourselves to a B&B on the North Shore at Grand Marais	North Shore	North Shore

At our B&B: Skara Brae	Joe's senior portraits	Early October snow	Jamie with a speller game and his bird collection	October visit to Shawano

Late October visit to Seattle	The Main reason for the Seattle trip was to see my friend George get married to Barb, his new wife!	George and Barb's wedding	Me at Pacific Rim Tonewoods, Concrete Washington	Visiting my Mom and Dad at the Arbor, 25-Oct-09

Jamie with a bouquet and in his Halloween costume	Jamie in his Halloween costume	Phyllis and her team mates, Halloween costumes	Jamie with Halloween decorations and a family cutout picture	A warm day at Afton State Park in early November

A warm day at Afton State Park in early November	A warm day at Afton State Park in early November	A warm day at Afton State Park in early November	A warm day at Afton State Park in early November

My Dad's 86th birthday party 14-Nov-2009	My Dad's 86th birthday party 14-Nov-2009	My Dad's 86th birthday party 14-Nov-2009	My Dad's 86th birthday party 14-Nov-2009	One tooth out Two teeth out!

Jamie dancing		My cousin Martin Kelly and his partner Rob Brown (at their reception after their commitment ceremony)	Martin's Rob	We had to get a new stove: Last meal on the old, first meal on the new.

I spent a lot of time going through old slides and scanning them. These are the ones that didn't make it. (I made 5000+ quality scans of old photos in late 2009. Whew!	I'm now making my own liqueurs: mainly with limes. Dig that 5-liter Erlenmeyer flask!	Thanksgiving dinner 2009, at our place	My Mom's birthday, early December	December visit to Shawano: Grandpa Pete and Lolly's house

At Grandma Kay's with new babies: Gavin (Rachel's), Wyatt (Cherra's), and Adam (Claire's)	Cherra and Wyatt; Gavin	Rachel and Gavin; Phyllis and Gavin	Jamie and his cousin Camille	Space ships and train tracks

Christmas is coming	Jamie painting	December snow: Minnesota Gothic	Playing Jenga	Christmas Eve party at my Mom's

Putting together Christmas Legos	Sliding at the park behind our house	Sliding at the park behind our house	The boys got snow shoes for Christmas. We finally got across the street into our Open Space.	Snow shoeing