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Roadie up to Seattle

Jackson and I took a little road trip up to Seattle yesterday. We had many things to do and see while in town for a short period of time. I tried to take pictures throughout the day, but keep in mind they are all taken off of my phone.

We left our house at about 8:30 with the sun finally pecking out and laughing at us while we drove away unto what looked like a very rainy day.

Here is Jackson on the way there watching a movie

We stopped off at Chad and Becky's apartment to pick them up on the way to lunch...Paseo's (according to Chad, the best pulled pork sandwich around). It was slammed when we got there, but it was worth the short wait. Anyway, we ate lunch and then went over to Evo where we needed to try a helmet and ski boots on Jackson and I needed to finalize my ski boot selection and grab some skis.

Helmet on...check - skis on...check...

Where are the skis?

Chad, Danny Niffin and I poked around Evo for a while as Becky and Jackson went to get some hot chocolate. I didn't capture a picture of Jackson drinking that, but it was quite amusing with large amount of chocolate creating a very sexy mustache. We then drove back to Chad and Becky's, dropped off the car and we off on the next adventure...riding the bus downtown to the Pike Place Market. If you haven't ever been to the public market, it is quite a treat. It always smells the same, looks the same, and sounds the same, but always draws you back. Jackson has two favorite things to do there, the first is the fish market where the throw fish from one person to another in order to package it all up.

Chad and Jackson in front of some nice looking Mahi-Mahi

Jackson's second favorite thing about the market (and his mothers first favorite thing) is heading over to the donut stand for some fresh donuts. I will admit, they are good little things. You buy a 1/2 dozen or a full dozen for about 4 bucks, and they are hot off the greaser!

Once we stuff our faces full of greasy cinnamon donuts we headed back to the bus stop. Wait that is not the right stop, let's walk over the over one 2 blocks away. Shoot, let's now run back to the original stop to pick up the one we thought we missed. As we ran back to the stop it turned into a race (shocking, i know) and Jackson won. We caught the bus and headed back to Ballard for some dinner.

Ride home

We settled on Thai food. Jackson had some chicken noodle soup. Per the usual, he ate just part of it and then said how full he was. After dinner, Jackson and I hit the road to head back to Portland. So, we said our goodbye's and were on the road for the 3 hour ride. But, before we could leave Seattle, we needed to add a little more sugar to our systems. Thanks to Molly Moon's we did just that!

Creamsicle Flavor!

Yeah, I had some too.

Alright, we are now officially on the road. It only took one movie and 5 minutes of crying before Jackson fell asleep. Before we knew it, we were home. Man, was I exhausted. It was a great day that I will remember for a while. I'm think Jackson was pretty tired as well!

p.o.d - downtown PDX

we went for a little stroll today downtown. it consisted of Starbucks (sorry, we were cold and it was the closed coffee shop), thai, mexican, chinese, and a hot dog, and jackson finding a new friend

Thanksgiving

Well, here we are, Thanksgiving. This year has been full of changes. We have so much to be thankful for...safe travels across the county, health of the family, and so far a good pregnancy for Margaret (well, mostly a good pregnancy - only one trip to the ER!) Here is a picture of Margaret and Sharky Shark today (a few days ago actually)

I think most important to be thankful for is our family. We have already been visited by both sides of our family. Jackson still has books read to him by both of his grandmothers almost daily over Skype. We truly are blessed to have a family that is so loving.

We did have one loss this year, he was an awesome friend of mine for 10 + years. He lived with me during numerous jobs, 3 houses, a marriage, a son, and many hours on the bike. Here's to you Mo

Happy Thanksgiving

p.o.d

Jackson and Mt. Hood

p.o.d (thanks for the idea dear!)

I almost forgot about the picture of the day (p.o.d). This one is for Dan, Fred, and John.

newest member of the family

I would like to introduce you (all 2 of you that read this) to the newest steed in fold. Still not sure what we should call her, any ideas?

work attire

I am finding it is more difficult that I thought with being a remote employee. In the past if I had a question for anyone in the company, I would simply get up from my chair and walk into whomevers office I needed to speak with, ask my question, and then move on. That was the good life. Now, it may take a day or so to get a question answered just because of conflicting schedules.

The cool part about being remote is literally getting out of bed and starting to work right away. I usually look like this:

Actually one part that I really enjoy is being able to have breakfast and usually lunch with Margaret and Jackson. Almost every morning, Jackson brings my breakfast to me in my office. I just love that. Right before pre-school, Jackson runs up stairs to give me a hug. Then during Jackson's nap, I am at home so Margaret has a chance to run out.

I guess if M & J can handle me looking like this some days, it is worth it, right?

a day in the life....

this is what my day looked like today. Get up 6:30, take shower, eat breakfast, wake jackson and margaret up to take me to airport...get to airport at 8 for 9 am flight. catch an early flight to seattle...get to seattle 30 minutes later, grab a bus to downtown seattle...my brother picks me up downtown and we head over to ski shop...get fitted for a pair of ski boots...race back to airport to catch flight to St. Louis. While going through security i run into a couple that are carrying one 3 hamsters, 2 birds, and a cat....please take the train, or drive yourself to your final destination, don't bring that crap on an airplane... anyway, fly to St. Louis, grab a rental car and head for Springfield, IL...arrive in Springfield two hours later, grab some dinner, check into hotel, blog. now what?

is that what i think it is....

So, I have been living vicariously through Margaret's blog and figured I should give this a go. It will most likely turn into a blog about my bikes and my family, let's just hope not that order. I am hoping to post many pictures and like the idea of the picture of the day. Let's start that today. Oh, and by the way, there will most likely be multiple grammatical errors...live it be, that is just how I roll!

We had our 19 weeks ultrasound today, and much to our surprise, we are having a....

As a frame of reference, here is Jackson's ultrasound picture from the same timeframe...

If these pictures are any indication, our new son will be much more shy than Jackson