hiking. love day. and some new veg recipes.

 Rattlesnake ledge

 e's sidetrip discovery to waterfall.

 super high water levels just in the past month.

 Happy Loving family Valentines Day.

middle eastern chickpea miniburgers with pickled radish, carrot and cucumber. yum.

 Hoorah for self reliance. well, we're on the path to self reliance.  we have shelves for food storage now!

 dog in heat. dog in diaper.

 a pink sunrise.

 cauliflower "cream" sauce. yum.  ate the rest as cauliflower soup. love that it is made with nutritional yeast and that it is healthy and that it was delicious.

 he liked this hair styling.

 eggplant and white bean "meatball" grinder with roasted pepper and onion.

 applying polyurethane.

 Early Masters performance at Fulcrum.

e's big adventure

 the elementary school musical was great.  we loved seeing our friends K&C as Luke and Duke.

 e's class had an art project about happiness. they made a list of all the things that made them happy. you were supposed to make 2-4 cards like the one e made. a picture of art - he loves art.  a few days later, he made his mom, tea, and ice cream. he glued them on a yellow paper, wrote his name on it.  that was the project.

 watching friends for an evening while their parents had a date night.

 friday night group class.

 mild weather got us excited for gardening. we planted strawberries and ferns in the rockery.  put down new mulch.  we worked hard as a family yesterday in the front.  will take some pics of our project and post them soon.

 yum. long promised primary ice cream party!

 new recipe vegan malfouf.  good but not a keeper.

 elementary school family fitness night.

outdoors winter

urban hiking through the College Street Ravine

 trying another new recipe: broc-n-roll (broccoli and quinoa) burgers

 e and i were foiled in our 4am attempt to see the "Super Blue Blood Moon".  (r also kept an eye out en route to the airport)
this is special because it's when the moon is closer to earth (super moon) and the 2nd full moon of the month (blue moon) and a total lunar eclipse (blood moon).
unfortunately, Seattle clouds obstructed the view.  but our interest is peaked, and we'll catch the next cosmic wonder.

 we loved having our family over for dinner one Sunday eve.  happy birthday to M!

 this was a new recipe that was great!  a meatless pasta sauce, but with the texture and consistency of a meat sauce. loved it and it was loaded with veggies.

 we had a day off between semesters and took the opportunity to hike Rattlesnake with our H friends. they like feeding the gray jays at the top.

the water level was SO much higher than our last visit one month ago.

11. what january holds

 We are lucky to live next to a community center that has Friday night rollerskating.  so many fun options for Friday nights... violin group lesson, or swimming, or roller skating.  we'll definitely do this again.  I want E to enjoy it like I did as a child.

 R and E gave me a great Christmas gift of a quilting workshop.  A new technique for me called landscape quilting.  I took this photo of a photo in our work conference room.  I liked the shadowy layers of mountains.  The teacher was great.  she helped me step by step, and i'm excited to try again!

 

 here's my rendition of that photo above.  she helped me see the picture in layers.  starting from the front/bottom:  land, water, land, water, island and mountains, then sky.  to complete it, I can add trees, clouds, and sun.

 E took this photo of the dog.  he laughed seeing L wearing R's shoes.  He wanted me to post it on the family Cluster site, but i couldn't get it transferred from R's phone to mine...

handsome guys ready for church.  smiles showing lost teeth.

 E&E at P's 7th bday party.  E's first movie in the theaters. Paddington 2.