at the upper right of the view panel to start the slide show. Enjoy.
Gallery of Our Family Photos
2010
All images are copyright © James W. Blilie, 2010: All rights reserved
Phyllis and Jim's family photos - Main Page
Phyllis and Jim's family 2001 Moving In To White Salmon, Jul-2001
Phyllis and Jim's family 2002 Our Wedding, 29-Nov-2002
Phyllis and Jim's family 2006 Glacier National Park 2006
Phyllis and Jim's family 2010 France June-July 2010
Phyllis and Jim's family 2012 Norway, Sweden, Denmark, June-July 2012 White Salmon 2012
Phyllis and Jim's family 2014 Our Petanque terrain - 2014
Phyllis and Jim's family 2015 England 2015
Phyllis and Jim's family 2018 New Orleans 2018 France 2018 White Salmon 2018
Phyllis and Jim's family 2019 Key West 2019
Lots of snow shoeing this winter. I've finally hit on an active outdoor winter activity that Phyllis
likes to do (mainly, she stays warm!). Early spring flowers and leaves. Summer coming on, toads,
birds, and turtles. A visit from our Norwegian cousins John Arne and Ingrid Narum. Joe's graduation
from Mounds View High School! Our trip to France! Jamie playing basketball, Joe's graduation
party, White Salmon 2010, Joe's grad party in Shawano, getting ready for school. Moving my Mom
back to Shoreview.
And, of course, on a much sadder
note, we lost my Dad in March.
For more on our year 2010, click on this link.
For a Slide Show, Click Here: 2010 Family Photos Slide Show
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Jamie's pirate ship |
Playing on the snow piles |
Snow shoeing in the Open Space across the street |
Snow shoeing in the Open Space across the street |
Jamie and his cars |
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The bottom picture is a beaver lodge on Poplar Lake in the Open Space |
Snow shoeing in the Open Space |
Snow shoeing in the Open Space (the beaver lodge again at lower left) |
Jamie and his church he made of LEGOs. Notice the people drinking wine and eating pizza. |
More snow-shoeing, this time with my DLSR instead of the little point and shoot |
 
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| Having a "picnic" with hot chocolate | Hot cocoa! | Beautiful sky (love that polarizer!) |
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Jamie's hedgie he made at Y-Care at Pinewood Top Bottom |
Frosty trees at home 13-Feb-10 |
Snowshoeing on Poplar Lake, close to our home, Panorama |
More snowshoeing |
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| More snowshoeing | More snowshoeing | Jamie's birthday party at Grandma Harriet's | March 2010 |
Jamie's LEGO Theater, March 2010 |
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25-Mar-2010, Jamie with his Bumpa,
the day before Bumpa passed away. |
We said goodbye to my Dad in late March. More on my Dad on the page dedicated to him. |
Jamie and Joe, April | Jon and Bobbi put on an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday. Jamie and Kai loved it. | Easter egg hunt |
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Easter egg hunt | Easter egg hunt | Jon and Cosmo at the Easter egg hunt | Easter brunch at Boutwell's and a group shot at Mom's |
 
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| William O'Brien St Park, April | William O'Brien St Park, April |
William O'Brien St Park, April Left: with Sigma 18-50 f/2.8 Right: with Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 |
William O'Brien St Park, April | William O'Brien St Park, April Some closeup work with my new Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 |
 
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William O'Brien St Park, April Some closeup work with my new Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 Sanguinaria canadensis |
William O'Brien St Park, April Some closeup work with my new Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 Erythronium albidum |
William O'Brien St Park, April Some closeup work with my new Tamron 70-200 f/2.8 | April hiking at Tamarack | April hiking at Tamarack |
 
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| April hiking at Tamarack | April hiking at Tamarack | Fishing on our own pond | Fishing on our own pond | Fishing on our own pond |
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Rascal in the sunshine |
Phyllis got me a cool 8mm fisheye lens for my birthday, fun! Here are come early results |
Still figuring out how to use it ... |
Still figuring out how to use it ... |
These are a bit better |
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Jamie the pirate Top Bottom |
Jamie and his new card album (and Yu-Gi-Oh (sp?) cards) | Red maple | Jamie and his LEGO town | |
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| Lilac Season! | Spring flowers | Hosta | Lee Sorenson graduated from St. Cloud St. University in May. We celebrated afterwards. | Lee Sorenson graduated from St. Cloud St. University in May. We celebrated afterwards. |
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| Jamie at Nannette's after the graduation celebration, with soldiers | Mother's Day! |
Hike at Tamarack, a toad
We also saw a short-tailed weasel with its prey mouse in its mouth, it ran across the trail and we got within about 4 feet of it. Amazing! |
Currants in bloom at Tamarack | We have bluebirds and tree swallows nesting in our Peterson bluebird houses. And we have mourning doves, robins, and house finches nesting in our trees every year. (100% crop at 200mm and about f/4 from about 40 feet with my Tamron 70-200, not bad) |
 
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| Jamie with a hatchling painted turtle our neighbor brought to him (we let it go) | Our pond, covered with cottonwood cotton! | Jamie is becoming quite the little basketball player. Here's a series of shooting baskets | One night he shot 200 baskets in about 1-1/2 hours, including several streaks of more than 6 in a row! | He's a ... Basketball James ... |
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| Here was a big surprise one morning: A big snapping turtle laying her eggs in our front garden! | Big snapper laying her eggs. | Jamie, driving my little radio-controlled boat on our pond | Our wisteria in bloom | Our wisteria in bloom (fisheye lens) |
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| A spectacular sunset on 30-May | Jamie wanted a buzz-cut because his friend has one. He likes it. | Peonies are in bloom! | Spring flowers in our front garden | |
 
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The cats with their #1 treat: Water from the tuna can! Top Bottom |
More spring! | We had a LOT of visitors on 6-Jun-2010. The bluebirds nesting in our Peterson Bluebird house | Visitors 6-Jun-2010: An otter! | Who scared the heck out of the ducks! |
 
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| Visitors 6-Jun-2010: Swans | Visitors 6-Jun-2010: Geese | Visitors 6-Jun-2010: Turtles on the floating "Turtle Island" I made Phyllis for Mother's Day | Jamie, watching some of our visitors | |
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Our friend Kevin sent some
photos of visitors that came by during his visit a few weeks ago.
These are taken at our White Salmon place. |
Kevin's shots of the front of
our house and the new house being built by Jeanne
and Steve's neighbor.
These are taken at our White Salmon place. |
Our renewed front garden | Lilies in the front garden | Tiger swallowtail on our wisteria |
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| Just outside Joe's graduation ceremony | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 |
 
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| Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | Joe's graduation from Mounds View High School, 7-Jun-2010 | My cousins from Norway, the Narum's arrived on a visit on 9-Jun-2010 |
 
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| My cousins from Norway, the Narum's arrived on a visit on 9-Jun-2010 - 14-Jun-2010 | My cousins from Norway, the Narum's arrived on a visit on 9-Jun-2010 - 14-Jun-2010 | My cousins from Norway, the Narum's arrived on a visit on 9-Jun-2010 - 14-Jun-2010 | Tossing the flying ring, Shoreview, June. | Blowing bubbles, Shoreview, June. |
 
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Foggy summer morning | Be sure to check out our trip to France in June and July 2010 | ||
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| Purple Cone Flowers | Columbine and day lilies in our front garden | Joe's graduation party | Joe's graduation party | Joe's graduation party |
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Jamie, having fun with a squirt-gun | See our pictures from White Salmon 2010: August 2010 | ||
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| Jamie on his special chair, 2010 | Jamie and his enormous sunflower | Lost another tooth! |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Peter and Grandpa Pete |
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Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Shorty (Preston) and Joe |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Phyllis and Sissy (Polly) |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Caprice |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Joylinn, Cameron, Kay |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Jamie and Friend |
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Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Pete and Rachels' youngest Gavin |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Chelsea |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Carrie |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Nannie (Natalie) |
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Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Rachel |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Brad |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Jackie and Virgil's kids: Isaiah, Sam, and Josie |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Paul |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Sissy, Chelsea, Kay |
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Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Getting ready for the big group shot |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Family group shot - a big one! |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Phyllis and her brothers and sister: L-R: In order of birth: Paul, Polly, Peter, Phyllis, Pat, Preston |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Phyllis, Sissy, and Kay |
Joe's graduation party in Shawano, WI,14-Aug-2010 Joe, Phyllis, Sissy, and Kay |
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| Jamie and his LEGO "guys" | Jamie and his enormous sunflower | One of Phyllis's birthday presents: a new gargoyle | Jamie and his enormous sunflower | Hiking at Tamarack August |
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Jamie and Rascal at the counter | Jamie and his LEGO tower | Our new linden tree | Jamie's room before repainting |
 
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| We raised another monarch butterfly. We actually got to watch it emerge from the crysalis | Emerging from the crysalis | The monarch | I got some olive wood online and made a frame of it for the ceramic house numbers we got in Provence | Sixteen turtles on our turtle island, enjoying the sun on a cool sunny fall day. The turtles love their island. |
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Jamie and his friend from his old daycare: Carsen. At Carsen's birthday party, Sep-2010. |
Jamie's first day of school |
Joe hit a deer in September, on the way to Century College. He's fine. Although it was techincally "totalled", we're getting the car fixed: Cheap transportation! |
One of the last nights at Mom's "old" place before she moves into her new townhome in Shoreview. |
Phyllis's birthday dinner, September |
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Fall colors |
Our new linden tree, leaves almost down. | Phyllis's birthday sun flowers. And our new tablecloth from Provence | A spectacular sunset on 1-Oct, behind our house |
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| We got the Honda fixed, here it is, after repairs. | These are taken with my new SIGMA 10-20mm f/4-5.6. Love that wide-angle view! | Life at 10mm view | Jamie is going to be a vampire for Halloween (at 10mm) | Jamie's new mural in his bedroom. Phyllis put this up: It was hard work to do it correctly! |
 
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| Fall hiking at Tamarack | Fall hiking at Tamarack | Fall hiking at Tamarack | Fall hiking at Tamarack | Fall hiking at Tamarack |
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| Fall hiking at Tamarack | More fall colors | More fall colors | Filling a dumpster prior to my Mom's move to her new townhome. | Click HERE form Mom's New Place (before) |
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| Jamie's school picture 2010 | Warm October day at Afton State Park | Afton State Park | Afton State Park | Jamie and his humongous LEGO tower |
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Mom's move into her new place in Shoreview! Images from before unpacking all those boxes ... |
The office before and after |
The living room before and after |
Kitchen before and after |
Front hall, after |
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3-Season porch, after |
Loft, after |
3rd bedroom, after |
Looking down the stairs |
Almost ready for the first proper meal in her new home. |
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Organizing those dominoes Top Bottom |
Jamie with big LEGO tower (up to my nose!) | Mom, on her new 3-season porch | Mom's new view out to the pond from her living room | Jamie and the end of his sunflower |
 
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Jamie showing off his LEGOs
Playing with the short depth of field on my new PENTAX 70mm f/2.4 portrait lens. |
Jamie and LEGOs |
Jamie and his Jack-O-Lantern 31-Oct-2010 |
Jamie as vampire! |
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| Jamie as vampire! | Organizing his candy | Spectacular sunset on 3-Nov-10 | Spectacular sunset on 3-Nov-10 | Spectacular sunset on 3-Nov-10 |
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| Mom's new place with the pictures hung (at least the first iteration) | Mom's new place with the pictures hung | Mom's new place with the pictures hung, just in time for her house-warming party |
Mom's house-warming party 6-Nov-2010 |
Mom's house-warming party 6-Nov-2010 |
 
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Mom's house-warming party 6-Nov-2010 |
Mom's house-warming party 6-Nov-2010 |
Mom's house-warming party 6-Nov-2010 |
Mom's house-warming party 6-Nov-2010 |
Jamie doing the splits |
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| Sunset 10-Nov | Jamie and another LEGO creation | 13-Nov-2010 Snow! | 13-Nov-2010 Snow! | Dinner gathering at our house, 27-Nov-2010 |
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| Dinner gathering at our house, 27-Nov-2010 | Dinner gathering at our house, 27-Nov-2010 | Phyllis, 27-No-2010 | Phyllis, 27-No-2010 | Phyllis, 27-No-2010 |
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| Nannette, 27-No-2010 | Jeff, 27-No-2010 | Jamie and Joe, 27-No-2010 | Joe, 27-No-2010 |
Our 8th Anniversary dinner at Tria
Including grandpa with his reading glasses! |
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| Jamie with his foamy "experiment" | Sunset 28-Nov |
Alex Lode at his guitar recital, Nov-2010 (Alex is our friend Yvonne's son, a senior at Mounds View High School). He's playing a guitar that I built and gave him.
The lower picture is with his teacher. |
Alex and his Mom, Yvonne, after the recital |
The day I gave Alex his guitar, July 2010.
At bottom, he's also holding its twin* which I play (on the left). (*The backs were even cut from the same billet of Brazilian rosewood.) |
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Our gargoyle in snow |
Mom's birthday dinner at Tria |
A couple portraits with my new PENTAX 300mm f/4 lens |
Friday night party! |
Boy, did we get snow on Dec 11 and 12! I estimate about 16 inches at our house |
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Snow! (my new 40mm PENTAX-DA Limited pancake lens) |
Snow! |
This was the most snow I've ever had to clear at one time. A large part of our driveway was deeper than my knee height! |
Snow portrait with the (note the beautiful bokeh) |
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And now to move all that snow off the driveway! |
Snow removal |
Snow removal |
Iced face after snow throwing (it was about 0°F) Eeek! |
Snowy gargoyle |
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Putting up the Christmas Tree |
Putting up the Christmas Tree |
We are having a very snowy winter |
Jamie helped Mom make snow flakes for gifts |
Rascal "hogging the heat" by lying on the heat vent. (Cats know the warm places!) |
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Phyllis practicing her piano |
Jamie at my Mom's place, with a deer in the backyard! |
Another day of snow! 24-Dec |
We had a family Christmas Eve party at my Mom's place |
Christmas Eve party |
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Christmas Eve party |
Christmas Eve party |
Christmas Eve party |
Christmas Eve party |
Christmas Eve party |
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Christmas Eve party |
Christmas Eve party |
Christmas Eve party |
A bog display of Christmas lights near our house |
Opening gifts Christmas morning Jamie and his fossil shark's tooth (the ultimate gift!) |
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Opening gifts Christmas morning |
Opening gifts Christmas morning |
Opening gifts Christmas morning LEGOs! |
Opening gifts Christmas morning Jamie got an aquarium |
Opening gifts Christmas morning Phyllis and a Michael Jackson DVD |
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Opening gifts Christmas morning Jamie and his "flying UFO" |
Opening gifts Christmas morning |
Opening gifts Christmas morning Phyllis and her earrings |
Opening gifts Christmas morning More earrings |
Jamie and his "flying UFO" (the flash stops the blades' motion -- I'll work on getting an better shot of it in flight) |
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Jamie and his "flying UFO" |
Jamie and his "flying UFO," without flash |
Jamie and his "flying UFO," without flash |
Jamie and his "flying UFO," without flash |
Another Provençale table cloth and the napkins Phyllis sewed to go with it. |
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The boys with the Christmas tree |
Joe and the leather jacket he got for Christmas |
Joe and the leather jacket he got for Christmas |
Jamie and his new robe and jammies |
Phyllis's reunion with her best friend from 4th grade in Gresham, WI: Marty Voight. (This was at Marty's sister Leslie's place in Pepin, WI.) |
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Pepin, 28-Dec-2010 |
Pepin |
Phyllis and Marty |
Marty's partner, Pablo. Pablo and his family are from Brazil |
Leslie's husband, Lee |
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Marty and Pablo's "Auntie" (a family friend from Milwaukee) |
At a park nearby: Joe, "Auntie", Phyllis, Marty, Lee, Leslie, and Jamie |
Pablo and his Mom, Lia |
Jamie at the park |
Jamie at the park |
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Marty and his sister, Leslie |
Marty and Pablo |
Lee and Leslie |
At the park: Tracks in the snow |
Bald eagles on Lake Pepin, near the park |
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At Grandma Kay's in Shawano, WI: Their new cat, Larry |
At Grandma Kay's in Shawano 29 and 30-Dec-2010 |
At Grandma Kay's in Shawano: Our niece, Carrie |
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At Grandpa Pete's, 29-Dec-2010 |
At Grandpa Pete's, 29-Dec-2010 |
At Grandpa Pete's, 29-Dec-2010 |
At Grandpa Pete's, 29-Dec-2010 |
Our hotel room at Shawano |
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Phyllis and Jim's family photos - Main Page
Phyllis and Jim's family 2001 Moving In To White Salmon, Jul-2001
Phyllis and Jim's family 2002 Our Wedding, 29-Nov-2002
Phyllis and Jim's family 2006 Glacier National Park 2006
Phyllis and Jim's family 2010 France June-July 2010
Phyllis and Jim's family 2012 Norway, Sweden, Denmark, June-July 2012 White Salmon 2012
Phyllis and Jim's family 2014 Our Petanque terrain - 2014
Phyllis and Jim's family 2015 England 2015
Phyllis and Jim's family 2018 New Orleans 2018 France 2018 White Salmon 2018
Phyllis and Jim's family 2019 Key West 2019
Background image is Open Space at our house in Shoreview, 2002
Last updated: 3-Jan-2021
