Carnation Library opens 1/31/2009

The new Carnation Library opened today with a large crowd there to see the doors open. Lily and I were happy to run into the Thomas crew there. :) It is a very nice building and I was surprised by how spacious it is inside. Seeing all those books in such a nice environment is kind of inspiring. Lily's already finished the book she brough home and has asked when we can go back for more. Sweet!

Happy Birthday Annie!

Celebrating birthday #3!
Celebrating birthday #5 at McDonalds!

Celebrating birthday #7, with Jenny Cline and assistance with blowing out the candles from your helpful sister Megan!

That's enough of the walk down memory lane, let's see what birthdays look like in 2009.......
The birthday girl being given advice on what to "wish" for??
Aaron and Joe supervising Eli's finishing touches on the cake. Good job Eli!
Aiden loves this big family with so many birthdays...... which means lots of birthday cake....yum.yum!
Grandpa Grady being the gracious host, serving the cake and ice cream. Maybe he could take up a new occupation. "Hello, I'm Pat and I'll be your server tonight"


Hope you had a great day Annie!

Hey All You Blog Slackers!

You know who you are......what have you been up to? I know what the Thomas family has been up to (check out www.tripint.com/blog/) but what about the rest of you????

Friday Night Date!

We spent eight hours at the 2009 Foothills League Middle School Wrestling Tournament....how does that sound for an exciting date? We loved watching Eli and couldn't help but twist and turn when that mean boy from M.I. was going for the pin.

Of course when Eli was being the mean boy and pinning his opponents we were feeling the thrill of victory vicariously. Such fun times!

The after tournament show was pretty entertaining too! Is that Karen putting the moves on Aaron? Is Aaron going for the take down? Can't quite tell.....

We waited until the end so we could see Eli take his place on the podium and proudly represent Tolt Middle School...I'm not sure why they are all looking down....maybe they are trying to be humble?
It was a great date! Thanks Eli!

Footage of the Flood

Flood from Jason Thomas on Vimeo.

Here's some footage I shot this morning...

The Big One of 2009

Eastside Fire and RESCUE??? They have a boat so I guess we're in good hands!

How are those fire trucks going to get out?
Eli texting in his pajamas, while Gabe observes the flooded Mariner field!

Tolt Middle School has no parking lot!

This is the view one block west of 203 looking north. It's a record setting flood!

This is looking toward the river on 55th Street. Everyone moves their vehicles out to high ground where they think they'll stay dry. Last night they had to keep moving them farther out.

Here's Lily on the last step of Skip and JoAnne's deck. The water surrounded the house and was within inches of the hot tub!

We've seen enough water for today. Let's go home! The boys on one side of the road......

The girls on the other side of the road.........

When will life get back to normal???

Has anyone got a Yahtzee yet?

Yahtzee night was super sweet! Let's do it again soon.

Moving with Old Faithful

Once again the trusty old Eurovan has been used to move someone. Here she is in front of Aaron's house holding Joe's worldly possessions . Pat has had lots of practice cramming more than you can imagine in that old beast. College years are the busiest when kids go from dorm, to dorm, to house, to apt. back home and then out again! Rain or shine, (or snow) Old Faithful transports the goods!

So give us a call on your next move and your old faithful parents will show up with Old Faithful to get the job done!

The Birthday Boy and Girl

Aren't they cute? I took these pictures just a few years ago, so it's hard to believe that we just celebrated Joe's 27th and Megan's 29th birthdays! They're catching up with me! The whole Grady Bunch made it for the celebration! (it's getting harder to pull that off with so many people and such busy lives).......Sorry for the fuzzy picture, but I like the way they are wearing their mom and dad's shoes!

Happy New Year!

Jason and I had a great time celebrating my birthday and New Year's Eve in Seattle this year and Aiden and Ireland got to party it up with Grandma and Grandpa. It was a great holiday season and now we are ready for 2009! Some of the highlights of this holiday season for me:

Ireland started crawling on Christmas Eve (now she's everywhere!)

The "magical" white Christmas

Scrabble and Rock Band at our house. Glad to know we are all smarter than fifth graders!

Aiden sneaking out early on Christmas morning to find his presents from Santa

...and Santa pictures with "freaky" santa!

Happy New Year!

Jesslilom (Jessie-Lily-Tom)

It really was a big family gathering over the holidays. One of the highlights for me was Tom & Jessie's Tofu Pinapple dish...so yummy! And of course the stylish little Ireland was so darling! Good times.