Andrew Meets Thomas

Andrew and I enjoy our ride behind Thomas the Tank Engine

Andrew and I pose beside Thomas after the ride

Andrew and Susan pose with Thomas in the distance

Thomas Drive By

Thomas the Tank Engine is in town for two weeks. We have tickets to ride next weekend, but we went to see him today.

Chasing The Ball

Andrew chases his beach ball down the ramp

Andrew prepares to kick his beach ball up the ramp

Picnic Point County Park

Andrew proudly shows me his shovel full of sand and gravel

Andrew dumps his scoop of sand and gravel into his bucket

A Day at Hill Park

Today we went to Hill Park in Snohomish. At first, we played on the swings.

Afterwards, Andrew played in the water, with all his clothes on. As expected, he fell in and got everything wet and we did NOT have a change of clothes available.

Andrew's First Birthday

Today was Andrew's first birthday. We threw him a nice little birthday party. We had the pleasure of having the Hakschs in town to help celebrate.

A Day At Marymoor Park

Our first major trip - on an airliner - was to Richmond, Virginia. The plan was to stay at the Haksch house and introduce the family to Andrew. I asked my parents to come down, and bring Gram. I was hoping to get a four generation picture.

We all met at the Marymoor Park's Italian Gardens; the same location where Susan and I were married way back in 1994. Susan's brother John was the assigned photographer for the photo shoot. We found a nice location near the building where we had our reception. We took several pictures with different arrangements of family members.

With the generation picture captured, we moved down to the Italian Gardens and John shot some pictures of Susan walking with Andrew down the long path to the gazebo - the same path she walked with her dad on our wedding day.

All the pictures turned out great and it was fun having the families together again ten years after the first get-together in the park.