Last week we went to Mikayla's Band Concert. The picture above is the Jazz Band - all volunteer (they meet early in the morning...before school). The concert was 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Of course, the 7th grade was the BEST :)

Did I tell everyone that we're BIG Brian Culbertson fans?!!! We went to Seattle, WA to Jazz Alley with Jim & Vonnie Lash...man, was he good, again! Thanks to Chris (drummer) and Nate (lead guitar) for autographing our CD's! See you guys this summer!

We're leaving on Saturday afternoon for Lincoln City...spending the night and going to the Ronnie Milsap concert. It was cancelled last month and this is a make-up date. Love every one of his songs :) I'll take some pics and pass them along. More to come - soon. 

Kelly & Mike took off for the coast on Saturday, Jan 28th and we watched...Savannah. Carol did a great job of barricading the TV, etc with a kiddie corral. I had to learn how fast kids can move. And she can change directions in a split second. I love the smiling face and the waving right hand, while the left hand is turning the dish washer on! Payton was a great distraction. She would take time to stop and pet him between runs into the kitchen and living room. She slept all night and ate a good breakfast - way to go Grammy :) Her parents came to rescue her in the early afternoon.

Jim & Vonnie came over for Pizza and Pinochle. The girls really spanked us :(  Maybe next week :)

Kelly's Birthday was Jan 25th...so we motored on over to their place, after picking up Mom Peters. Ice cream cakes are the best :)   It was fun being with everyone, even though it was kinda late. We had to get Mom back home, the girls had school, and we had to work the next day, so we didn't stay too long. But, we sure put a dent in those cakes :) Happy Birthday, Kelly...may you have many, many more!!!

After a really hard rain and strong wind, Carol & I went to Lincoln City to relax and celebrate my birthday and our anniversary (kinda late). We left Jan 20th in the afternoon - Hwy 18 had just been re-opened from fallen trees. The road was clear and wet, but no accidents, etc. We checked into the hotel and had dinner at Selitz Buffet.  I kept the window open so we could here the waves...very relaxing. The first picture is from our window on the third floor. Breakfast at Three Little Pigs. We took in an early matinee, and jumped into the pool and Jacuzzi  in the afternoon.  Then, on to Galoucci's for Pizza! We got up fairly early and headed home, Sunday the 22nd. There were some serious football play-offs to watch :) 

This is the latest addition to my Jeff Gordon collection. This was never raced, but the color scheme was designed by his daughter, Ella. So, it's a Jeff Gordon Foundation Car titled "My Papa's Car". I keep the foundation Cars separate from the raced versions. Anyway, Thank You Jim & Vonnie for the Car, Dinner, and the Pinochle game! And Thank You Curt and Carol for collaborating with the Lash's! January is flying by us. It will soon be February and I haven't said anything about Christmas...we picked up Mom Peters and went to Kelly & Mike's place and had a great dinner and opened gifts with the girls. Carol's Children's Choir did great! She has a CD if anyone wants one. Taking off for the coast today with my bride :) Will write more soon.

I caught up with Mike and Kelly (and the girls) at Mikayla's winter concert Thursday evening. They did a great job and it was so fun to see all of the seventh graders perform. Lots of Christmas activities in the next couple of weeks. I'll try to keep everyone posted :)

Yesterday we picked up Mom Peters, Lloyd, Nancy and Orv and came back to the house to watch Denver Bronco's play the Minnesota Vikings. How's about that defense!! Carol fixed Spaghetti and meatballs - way too good! We drove out to Willamette National Cemetery to pay our respects to Dad Peters. We returned to the house and Mike & Kelly brought the girls over for desert and entertainment :)   More to come soon.