Dumbledores Army

*NOT A SPOILER*

I have just lost some friends. It's very sad. I have finished the last Harry Potter book and now i know i will never hear from my friends again. I have been on some amazing, intense adventures with these folks and it's all over.
No mas.
Fini.
Done.
I think i will eventually get over the loss, but i can't even keep up with their lives on Myspace. Well, i probably can, I'm sure they've all got pages but it's not quite the same. Life will go on. I suppose. Maybe not as richly. Maybe not as brightly. But on it shall go on.

Shasta and Skittles

Portland Day

Say no to this? Yeah right.


Our Tour De McMennemin's continues!

Mom will sleep better now

This week I made a very grown up decision.
I sold the bike.
So sad.
Mom will be pleased.
It's mostly OK though.
Now we have a car that can tell us where to find Thai food.

Oddly enough the car get's better milage.

New Kicks, Scabby Knees and a Fudgesicle

I think we've got all the childhood bases covered this week ;)

BBQ and Pool Day

Yup, That pool is a whale. even got a spout. I know you're jealous. (if so, come on over!)

Bean and her buddy.

Can you see the whole story in this picture or what!

Yeah, that's right almost a dozen years (and still eating in the driveway :)

A Bike For Bean

So, the Bean gave up her pacifier this week (our idea) and we boxed them up to "give to babies who need them" (her adorable idea), so we got her her first real bike!
(yeah, it's a Dora the Explora bike :)

Bean and her bike

this is a link to the web album

North(west)ern Lights

nice lighting out our back window after a rainy day.

The bean , extatic about our bus trip to the saturday market downtown. She liked all the starts and stops. and the coco, and the elephant ears, the hot dog...

Viva Mexico!

Denmark Trip

Naw, it's just spring in Oregon.

Bean Art

The Brown Phase - Exhibit A

MomDadSelf Portrait

The Results Are In

The spaghetti sauce stains were there before i began, i swear.

Cuttings

So, the Bean has had her first haircut! Just a trim really, but her mom was gracious and trusting enough to let me do it! She's still cute, so I must've done an OK job ; )

Sunday with the Bean

Hood E

Alright, I'm back. The computer died for a couple weeks, but after some insurance claims and e-baying, we're back in business. So here are a few pix from my first Snowboard trip in the Great Northwest (and the first since Tim and i went to mammoth and he got all busted up and we spent 2 days playing video games and wondering about localized earthquakes).

Yeah, it's a picture of the moonrise, not the sun from the surface of the moon. (Some of my airs were big, but i didn't get quite that high : ) That's the top of Mt Hood over my shoulder. You know you dig the goggles!