Emmitt Gregory McLachlan

11 days old. Adorable. Need I say more?










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Think Swing 2008 Slideshow

Here is my first attempt at creating a slideshow in my editing software. I hope it works! Maybe later I can figure out how to add music to it. Anywhoo, this is from November 2008, it's the "best of" show. ;) (If you click on the little screen icon at the bottom, you can view it full screen...the photos look better if you do that)

Think Swing 2008

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I'm still planning on posting Christmas pictures too. (one of these days)

Memorial Day Weekend 2008

So this was a big weekend for us! Instead of visiting just one town and one side of the fam, we split the weekend and included both sides. So, Friday and Saturday we were in Hartline and Sunday and Monday we were in Spokane. It was great to see everyone! Since we got home at 11:45 p.m. on Monday night, I've only had time to work on a few pictures. I will update this post as soon as I get the other pictures done. Should be sometime this week.

Our friends, Todd and Josie just welcomed their first child, Bennett Patrick two months ago. This was my first time meeting little Bennett since he came right after my last visit. He's a charming little fellow and it was wonderful to hang out with the new family, relaxing and taking pictures. Here are some of my favorites...









Aren't they just the sweetest? Thanks for humoring my nutty schedule, Todd and Josie. Hope you like them as much as I do!

Banjo Night

These are some pics from the week we were in E. Washington over the Christmas break. On a nice relaxing evening, the boys broke out the music. Mary picked up the camera (thank you!) and we had a wonderful time. I'm sure we can all agree that we would love to see more shindigs like this in the future! Dad, our kids want banjo!! :)

Better late than never

Ok, ok. So I'm delinquent. Sorry about that. The program I've been working on for over 2 months was launched last week and I was in Portland and Sacramento for the training. This weekend was supposed to be relaxing after all that hubub, and it was. But I didn't take any pictures. Still, here are some from our somewhat recent trip home a couple of weeks ago and from Carkeek Park last weekend.

You might also notice that I improved our blog by adding a Quote of the week (which should encourage me to stay current) and links to Dave's Myspace (which finally has one of his songs on it!) and of course, my lame excuse for a website. Enjoy!

The Blue Spark

While Dave and I were in Spokane over Christmas break, we went to the Blue Spark to hear our friend's band, Hot Club of Spokane, perform. They were excellent as always. Lots of our friends made it...Jack (a Texan!), the Sackmann Crew and McNard Clan. We all proudly monopolized the back of the bar. If you haven't hear the swing music of Hot Club of Spokane, visit their myspace (http://www.myspace.com/hotclubofspokane).

Disclaimer: I did not take all of these pictures. I left the camera alone for a couple of minutes and mysteriously got lots of great shots as a result...hummm, maybe I should do that more often!

Meeting Mae

Ok, who am I kidding? There is NO sense of order where these pictures are concerned. So I'm going to continue to post whatever pictures I have handy. Next up, itty-bitty, teeny tiny Mae. This was our first glimpse of our new neice. I think she was a little over a week old (around Nov. 9?). I love the shots of Sean just looking at her. We are all in awe of this little one! God bless you, Mae!

P.S. This one has music to it if you are so inclined.