Playground with Anna

Anna came to visit me on the coldest week of December...

(Uncle Matthew claims he did not bring the cold with him.)

We spent some time on the teeter totter.

kicking around the soccer ball.

We had a lot of fun on the slide...

I took Anna on a ride in the jeep.

Finally we did some rescue work together...

Trees

I went to visit the Smith River with my Aunt Linda...we threw some rocks into the water.

We then went to find a different trail through the Big Trees.

It was a beautiful day for a hike...look at that sunshine.

Aunt Linda and I got to spend some quality time together.

I really love it when the sun shines through the Big Trees.

We found a really big redwood burl.

Alas the end of the trail--the bridge was out...

Beach

When Aunt Linda came to visit I took her to the beach.

We climbed on rocks together.

I showed her the fine art of playing with sand.

There were birds to chase on the beach.

More places to play with sand.

There were shells to collect.

Lots of water to splash...

We even got to see the sunset over the water.

The Train Show

This is me at the annual train show...there are a lot of pictures of me looking away from the camera at the trains.

My Mom wanted me to look at the camera.

Look even more trains...

I was able to pose with Aunt Linda--too bad I blocked most of her smile.

I think my Daddy likes trains too.

Aunt Linda looks really interested in the trains doesn't she?

My Mom and Dad and I posed by some big trains.

Thanks for the Time

The following photos should include pictures of our Thanksgiving Day celebration.
Unfortunately we are unable to publish any such photos
as my Mommy and Daddy failed to take any photos of the event.
(I am not blaming my sibling...but pregnant Mommy takes fewer pictures
of my important life events.)

The day before Thanksgiving Linda and I got out in the sun to play some soccer.

I decided the only way to really keep the ball from Linda was to sit on it.

A day after Thanksgiving my Grandma Sybil and I made a train.
Here I am posing with Grandpa Ed.

While I was in bed--it seems my edible train started being eaten.
(This is the left side of the photo I found.
Mommy insisted I must redact the photo in order to publish--as one member of this raiding party asked not to be pictured on the blog.)

This is the upper right side of the photo--I believe the hands of my Grandpa are pictured below.

Here is a picture of the train itself--with hands all too eager to plunder my hard work.
(Only Aunt Linda was willing to get her face into the photo.)

This is Aunt Linda and I by one of her signs she loves so much...
We were on a walk a few days after Thanksgiving.

In this posed picture I told everyone to open mouths as wide as possible--
but people won't always listen.

Here I am walking up the road with my Dad and Grandpa...
I believe I had just won a very interesting debate with my father.

My Grandpa and I had some time to contemplate the Moon above us...

Here we are minus Aunt Linda in some beautiful sunset sun.

Does my hair look more orange in this light?