Welcoming 2026!

The last week has been all about the finale of Stranger Things

The finale was at 5 PM on New Years Eve so I made them a charcuterie board so they wouldn't have to text me for snacks. 

None of them really cared for how it wrapped up. 

We called Logan the next day and he was watching in bed and said the same thing. 

New Years Eve together

Sparkling Cider at midnight

We tried to watch the King 5 News countdown but it was so foggy in Seattle they had to cancel the fireworks/drone show. 

Made it to midnight and went outside to watch the (illegal) fireworks in the distance.

Joe and Lanae had their annual New Years Eve party.

New Years Day: 

Thursday, January 1st

1st breakfast always includes year pancakes

These 3 made a run to Target

They facetimed me to show me their efforts to get Harper out of there and Kel sent me a HELP message

Harper's been animal/house sitting for her friend and had to bring their garbage cans back up their long driveway. 

Harper's new friend Ollie.  

There was also Bruno and Bunny. 

Dave and I decided to leave on January 2nd to go to Ry's games this weekend in the Tacoma area. 

They played Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran. 

Logan and Corbin joined us on the first night. 

We stayed the night and met with Logan and Corbin for lunch. 

Corbin suggested Cutter's Coffee for a stop before Ry's second game. 

They didn't go to that game, but we texted them a pic of us with our afternoon drinks. 

We drove home after his game on Saturday and got back about midnight. 

On Sunday, January 4th, Kel and Presley headed back to Portland. 

They both had work this week.  Presley's school started the 12th. 

We tried to pack up Chewy for them :)

Dave giving "the talk" to Chewy that Monday was going to be an early and tough morning. 

Dave's been going through some of Papa's old files and photo albums and ran across this school picture of him.  He doesn't remember wearing this Cowboys shirt and he's guessing that might have been his 3rd or 4th grade year.  

Dad's friend Troy is a big Cowboys fan and he sent this AI generated picture (its actaully a video) to Troy and Kevin when Dallas didn't make the playoffs this year.