Bouncy House

Audrey has found the perfect outlet for her love of jumping.

Song Writer

Since I started taking guitar lessons, Audrey has been even more excited about music and singing. So much so, that we bought her her own guitar as an insurance protection plan to keep Aunt Janet's guitar intact while I am borrowing it. Here's Audrey B with a little musical back up to some of her favorite songs. The first one, or course, is my favorite. She made it up herself!

Pasta Time

My cousin Gabie (a.k.a daddy's Goddaughter) has been giving daddy a hard time because one of her friends makes homemade pasta.

Well have a look at what daddy and I did on New Year's Eve. Delicious homemade ravioli stuffed with roasted chicken, Gruyere, and brussel sprouts, served with a simple marinara. Yummy and so fun to make.

I got to wear my new apron. My apron is really special, it even has my last name on it - Williams . . . . (and Sonoma).

Merry Christmas & Happy 2011!

Hunting for trees

Here I am with the Feely clan looking for Christmas trees at a farm in Lake Stevens.

Look! It's an angel on the top of a Christmas tree!

Here I am with one of my favorite people, my cousin Kyle.

This is the one!

And the final result. I've been rearranging the bottom ornaments every day. By Christmas, I'm sure they will be perfect.

so bring us some figgy pudding

Audrey had a great time Friday night in downtown Seattle. We had dinner at Gordon Biersch (I highly recommend their Winterbock beer) and then watched the 6pm snow show at Pacific Place. Finally it was out to carolling at the great Figgy Pudding event. We amazingly ran into five different groups of people we knew. Nice to see you Irene; Jim and Ivy; Jon, Pam and Elizabeth; TisaRose; and Gabie and her "gang."

jumping in the snow


singing Jingle Bells


Dancing to Rudolph

Snow Days

Audrey got stuck at Grandma's house Monday night (we didn't want a 20 minute trip one-way to turn into an all night adventure as seemed to happen to many weary commuters). But after we picked her up Tuesday morning we came back home then headed down to Matthews Beach Park. She wasn't quite ready for the big kids hill, but she loved the little one. She also loved being pulled all over.