Residence Inn Seattle Bellevue/Downtown

... Obvious?  For me, Kai is Kai.  Mostly, in the day to day I don't think about his diagnosis. I don't separate out the pieces, I just eat him up whole. How easy to forget that I am having the same but also different experience than so many other parents in the world.  Perhaps that's a privilege I have right now, that I can forget. Someone wrote us in the first days of his life, "there's no such thing as a retarded baby."  As if the first years are a ...

... a pan and a fire will do. Today I set about roasting some local beans. Partly because I wanted to try home roasting. Partly because my only supply of coffee in the house was green. And mainly because where I usually roast my beans closed. You can roast in the oven, or use a converted popcorn machine, or buy an expensive roaster like i-roast or GeneRoast for a hundred or more dollars, but I used the equipment I had at home: a pan; a convection heater; a spoon; a ...

... socks and sheets at Target. We plan to make sleeping bag liners since Alison has a sewing machine. At Safeway we purchased ingredients to make dinner tonight and a few things for the road. Then we came back, had lunch, and caught the #33 bus to Pioneer Square. We visited the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park - pretty cool. The Klondike Gold Rush paved the way for Seattle, as a ...

... on the monorail - it's only a 2 minute trip and just goes from one end of the downtown area to the other. After that we went on a Ride the Ducks tour which was very cool - you go in a World War two amphibious craft and we went around the city and then out on Lake Union - saw the floating house that sleepless in Seattle was filmed in. Just going to go do some washing and have some noodles for dinner (after such an expensive day out!)

The question isn't necessarily "who" is Julio. By now, we all know he is a 3.75 inch, red, furry finger puppet that only fits on 3 of 5 fingers. It's not...."where is Julio," as he is currently in my desk drawer on Bundy Drive. The real question is "What is Julio?" Julio's full name is Julio Rothenbergenlopezsteinman. Julio is bigger than just a person or a puppet, Julio is a concept. A concept that represents all that we hope to ...

... Winery - that should be self-explanatory with this crowd :-); Seattle Harbor Cruise, Lake Union and Lake Washington Cruise, Washington Ferry to San Juan Island, and an Orca Whale Watch Cruise from Friday Harbor - we liked being on the water a LOT! And of course there was the food! The Brooklyn, Metropolitan Grill (for the real birthday celebration), 67 at the Edgewater Hotel, Icons Grill...and that was just in Seattle. By the time we ...

Collin has always remembered a day we spent together about 5 years ago at our house in NC. All we did was play cards and drink root beer, just the 2 of us. He refers to it as our 'best time.' We've had several since, but it's been a few months since our last. Kelly and I decided today she'd take Keegan to do something and Collin and I could have one of our 'best times.' Kelly took Keegan to a skateboard park, which he's been dying to go ...

Started Ottawa-Seattle, April 4, Air Canada, a long day. Finally the three of us arrive, finding Ricardo at the airport waiting for us. Alejandro flew via Toronto, Ricardo and I met him in Vancouver and the last small jump together. And here, at their lovely home a small-large family gathering, we are 8. Three in the basement, fortunately their house stretches out. These days at Ricardo and Claudia's in Bellevue ...

... the right time for me. I don't have my brother and sister with me,but I carried on through everything. As my friend told me, I'm old enough to survive. Yes, I am getting older now I have to stand and be more independent in molding my life. This conference really taught me to be mature in leading my life. My desire is to lead the life of Jesus.

... friend of mine for almost 10 years. I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not... If I had to choose, I would much rather travel alone and make friends along the way. But I think Ken would add some excitement and if things aren't aren't what I expect, we can split up and do the individual traveling thing. Either way, going somewhere where the word "Microsoft" doesn't come up will be a great relief. I hope to one day get so fed up with work and ...