Swinging

Swinging, originally uploaded by misspudding.

We had fun again. This time, in color. :)

There's not much new to report. We had snow today, even though last week the bulbs and heather were all coming up and sprouting pretty flowers.

Like they say, March comes in like a lion...

Easy Street

Easy Street, originally uploaded by misspudding.

We've been having fun with film.

Go here to see how:

Missy's flickr account.

Spring has finally sprung! Yay! Happy March...

Kerry Park

Kerry Park, originally uploaded by misspudding.

Anthony and I went to Seattle and ran around. It rained but at least we got one kind of nice picture of the Space Needle.

Spring isn't here yet, so the rain is still pouring this time of year. It's still fun to get out and run around.

We saw an otter!

We saw an otter!, originally uploaded by misspudding.

Anthony and I went to the beach in the rain (it was still fun) and we saw a sea otter! I've seen them down in California and in Alaska when we went on our honeymoon, but I don't think I've ever seen them at the beach by our house.

Larry took a trip to Alaska today, for work, and he says it's sunny and no rain up there. It's about ten degrees warmer here, but I think the rain probably makes it about equal in terms of comfort. He's back on Wednesday and hopefully, he'll have some interesting photos from Ketchikan.

Happy Monday!

Anthony on film

Anthony on film, originally uploaded by misspudding.

Larry has owned a Minolta XG-M (old SLR camera) for several years. I decided I wanted to play around with it, as a hobby. So, while the first roll was not really a success, I'm proud to say I can now remember how to use a manual SLR camera again!

It's a little more time-consuming, a little more frustrating sometimes, but ultimately much more exciting. It's like Christmas after each roll!

Anthony went to the beach today

Anthony, originally uploaded by misspudding.

Anthony and I went to the Mukilteo beach today. It was fun.

And now we're tired. :)

Anthony burrito

Anthony burrito, originally uploaded by misspudding.

We've been trying to stay warm and have fun while the weather's been cold and yucky.

Part of this "trying to have fun" has involved letting Anthony play with my old field camera that has had way too much abuse, in general. The camera itself is only about three years old, but it's been dropped, scratched, had many dings put into it, and the internal lens cover was sheared off (by Anthony). So, since we have other cameras, the "takes a licking and keeps on ticking" camera is all his. He loves taking photos!

He's been enjoying it and we've all had a little fun in the process.

Tomorrow is our big Superbowl party and we're looking forward to it!

Photographers don't like having their pictures taken...

Photographers don't like having their pictures taken..., originally uploaded by misspudding.

It's been a while since Anthony has had something to say. And well, we really haven't thought much about writing on here.

But Anthony decided he really wanted to take pictures tonight. And he took a lot, but we didn't post them all, just a handful of them.

Anthony really, really likes taking pictures. He likes taking pictures so much, we think he might like to take more of them as he gets bigger. So we're not going to stop him. We're just going to laugh and say, "Hey, Anthony took that! Good job!"

Enjoy.

Cabin fever!

Anthony is punchy, originally uploaded by misspudding.

We've been stuck inside for a few days, but luckily, got out today to play in the snow!

There are pictures up on the flickr website (flickr.com/misspudding) and here's a couple of videos:



and here

Snow...

Snow..., originally uploaded by misspudding.

We have lots of snow here. The batteries died on my cameras before I had a chance to take Anthony out. We'll get him out there in a little while. :)

That's a lot of snow!

That's a lot of snow!, originally uploaded by misspudding.

YAY, SNOW!!!

We got a lot of snow here in the Seattle area, and we're still getting more as I type this.

Anthony got to play in the mess last night and we'll be taking him out again in a little while.

We're staying warm! Hope you guys are, too! :)

Snow in Everett!

Grand total, originally uploaded by misspudding.

We just got our first snow of the year! As you can see, it's not much by Midwestern standards, but we're having fun trying to stay warm!

I know it sounds pretty sick, but I really love it when it's this cold and there's snow and the sky is nice and sunny. It reminds me of growing up and being off of school during Christmas. I love it and Anthony really loves playing in the stuff!

(Please click on the photo to look at more photos of Anthony playing in the snow...)

Blowing out the candles...

Blowing out the candles..., originally uploaded by misspudding.

Happy birthday, Anthony! We can't believe you're FOUR!

It's Anthony's fourth birthday tomorrow! We had a fun party with his buddy Declan this afternoon. He got many great presents from friends and family. He also had a ton of chocolate cake with sprinkles!

He's growing a lot these days. He's just about completely outgrown his shoes and almost all of his 3T clothes. That's good news, except when he keeps taking his shoes off because they're "too tight!".

He's very spirited and independent these days. We can't wait for the teenage years...

Working on the Jetta

Anthony has been helping daddy work on the Jetta all weekend! He really enjoys it and Larry will admit that he's been helpful, even if he does slow things down a little bit.

Nice day for a bike ride!

IMG00793.jpg, originally uploaded by misspudding.

Anthony took me for a bike ride today. Sorry I only had my cell phone to take a picture, but the lighting was pretty good, I think.

He's all worn out now. :)