New Camera/Semi Willing Model

Becky is pregnant and getting bigger each day so I thought I should share her progress. John and I are worried that her arms won't be long enough to reach her keyboard.

Her profile is changing now that she is eating for two but she sure looks good!

"Miss Heritage"

My sister, Michal Flach, has two wonderful children, Susan Peddy & Pete Flach, who both live in Birmingham, Alabama. Pete Flach and his wife Mary have 3 children and the middle one, Patrica, was just crowned Miss Heritage at her High School. This is a particularly big deal since Patrica is only a sophmore and this title is usually given to a senior. Patrica is a really special girl who I think would look good driving to High School in her Grandfather's Mercedes, but unfortunately I don't have the clout to make that happen for her. She would look good in it, however!

I guess this is her court, but I really don't know for sure.

Here is Patricia with her Mom. Patricia is really just carrying on the family tradition of beauty queens and cheerleaders. Patricia is also a cheerleader, and her Mom, Mary, was a cheerleader at Old Miss and was also "Miss Old Miss." Most of us do not understand what it must be like to never take a bad picture.


Her brother, Philip, escorted Patricia to this event which I think is very special for an older brother to do. He participated in some dance activity hence his different attire. Between them is Mary' mother, Pat Stewart. Philip has been accepted at Auburn University this fall, but is also considering some other schools who have offered him baseball scholarships.

With Patricia and Philip are Brantley and Michael Petty who are two of my niece, Susan's, four children. Brantley is a senior and is going to Auburn next year, and I think that Michael is a Freshman.

Istanbul to Nice 2010

Istanbul, Turkey

The Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque
Local with Henna Tattoos
Santorini, GreeceTaormina, Sicily

Seattle

We love the lights of cities at night and Seattle is one of the best!

Seattle Hotels are very pet friendly and Mac is an excellent city dog!

From earlier visits this is Pioneer Square and from the "Underground Tour" looking up at Pioneer Square

Mission Ridge

Bob Ogburn, Bruce McWhirter, and I went skiing today, and it was perfect! Sunny skies with temperatures in the mid 20's and wonderful snow. What a great day. We are not golfers but some of our friends are using this wonderful weather to ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon. Isn't this just the best place in the world to live? That is Mount Adams in the background.

Before The Remodel: A Request by Jenni Hakensen

Jenni: here is your request. I am sorry that I do not have any pictures available of the remodeled areas with furniture. This first image is the living room looking from the kitchen. Our house faces South toward the River so this view is East. On the left is the fireplace and past that is the front door and the hallway to the master bedroom.
This image is of the fireplace we removed. It was very large and opened in the living room and the dining room. I thought it took up too much space, but it took a long time for me to get my arms around the concept of removing it. This picture was taken from the living room looking toward the kitchen on the left and the dining room on the right.This picture is the living room taken from the front hallway. The fireplace is on the right and the kitchen is around the corner of the fireplace on the right.These last two pictures are taken of the kitchen from the living room from slightly different angles. We were able to use all the appliances in the kitchen except for the stove top which was fine except that neither of us liked it

Remodel

The Remodel is almost complete. We are so pleased