As the title suggests, this post focuses on our children, Evan and Erin. All the photos featured below were taken during our Oregon Coast trip back in March. But unlike the previous posts in this series, you’ll have to click through and view these photos in our gallery. They’re in a private album that requires [...]

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We spent Easter weekend and most of last week frolicking on the Oregon Coast. Jen found us a great vacation rental (shown above), and we visited several of our favorite haunts along the coast.

As you can see, the weather wasn’t all bad. In fact, about half of the days were downright spectacular (especially for [...]

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9 years oldToday is Gauss’s 9th birthday! As I wrote back in January, Gauss is in great shape for a dog his age. No signs of arthritis, his teeth and gums are healthy, and he still has lots of energy (when he wants to). For his birthday, Jen and Evan made some homemade peanut butter [...]

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Mt. Rainier, dawn to daylight
I took this series of photographs of Mt. Rainier while we were visiting my parents in Olympia, WA, in mid-February. This unobstructed view of Mt. Rainier is enjoyed from their deck as well as from several rooms in their house. Three of the photos were taken during sunrise, and the other [...]

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No surprises here, really:

Parents are ‘party-training’ kids - CNN.com

From the age of 3, David has been a political instrument for his parents:
“Sure, we cringe when we see a child wear an anti-choice shirt,” Kaplan says. “And I am sure conservatives may do the same when they see David wearing our family’s politics on his chest. [...]

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I’ve added two photos of Evan painting at his new art easel, which he got for Christmas, and I’ve added three new pictures of Erin at 6 weeks old. All these new photos are in private albums, which simply means you must be registered in our photo gallery to view them. (And if we know [...]

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While we definitely keep our daughter clean, cozy, and comfortable, one difference we’ve noticed between the first baby and the second baby is that the second one doesn’t get as many baths! However, I have to say that Erin is a pretty tidy little lady. Whereas Evan tended to spit up a lot, Erin does [...]

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On Sunday morning, we headed over to Alton Baker Park for a couple hours of feeding the birds and strolling around. It was also the perfect opportunity to try out my new camera and lens, subjects willing. Everyone got bundled up, we hopped into the new Odyssey, and on the way to the park, we [...]

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Gauss
It’s hard to believe that in a couple months, Gauss (which rhymes with “house,” for those who don’t know) will be 9 (human) years old.
For the first 6-7 years of his life, Gauss had it pretty well. But in the past two and half years, his life has, of course, changed dramatically. I’d like [...]

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With a tad of reluctance, we became owners of a 2008 Honda Odyssey minivan last week:

What can I say? It’s a very nice vehicle, and with two car seat-bound children, a dog, and all the requisite “equipment” (um, not the first word that came to mind as I was typing this) that comes along for [...]

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