The month started with visitors showing up for a retirement party. Some human, some not.
To be fair, some of them were probably just showing up to see Seattle.
Started a new job at King County Metro-Rail
Some of the guests stuck around for a bit.
Nice to have a reason to ride the train to work.
Many people are saying this.
Birthday dinner: partially-developed duck egg
Capitol Hill graffiti saturation levels
Don't mind me, just self-actualizing
SODO mural saturation
Her majesty prefers water in a human glass
Furniture goals in the museum of industry
Hugo says there had better not be
Trying to look at the displays in the museum of industry for all of 10 seconds before small kids get bored and rush you along
Some people will see this and be filled with memories. Others aren't old.
A reasonable request.
Checking out the rich people toys
Someone didn't like the way she looked in this photo but I think we all looked great.
You can't always look amazing in all of your photos but people who care about you think you looked great.
Some of us age better than others and still present well in our old age.
Our time living in the U district wound to a close.
When you stayed up super-late cramming for a test on salamanders and newts and the lights come on
A view from mom's office in the international district.
There was a holiday part at work in one of the maintenance bays.
Mom doing her best high school kid impression at Stadium High.
Visiting the port of Tacoma to pick up the red car.
Mom and two brothers showed up to help move into the new place so we had to eat at some of the good places.
Hugo and Oscar enjoying the new sun room.
Now we live 3 or so blocks from a great park.
Move-in crew at the new front door.
Picked up Hugo and let him pick the route home so we can look for neat cars
Closed out and cleaned out the old place
Going to miss these welcoming messages in the garage
It snowed but not enough to close the schools down
Astrid managed to get a fresh passport and hopped a flight to London for the holiday
The snow and ice put a damper on car and bus traffic, but not the trains.
Riding to granny's house with dad
Working on refinishing the desk in Jeffrey's room. Tore part of it out and will keep part.
Had to do a few things outside but it was ok, just slapped these babies on.
It got pretty cold out but we stayed cozy.
Jeffrey and his bro got near-matching sweatshirts for Christmas
In addition to the snow we got wild wind storms, which tore the live part off of this otherwise dead tree.
Posing in his new shirt
Walked down to the other nearby park, also a few blocks away.
Fancy dinners, of course
Sockeye is curious about crackling embers
She also monitors synthesizer setup and testing
Someone drove their classic Cooper to their friends' for new years and just parked in their yard. It's too light to damage much, even grass.
Jeffrey and dad made it to midnight and walked up on the hill and watched from the distance as they lit up the area around the needle. Happy New Year!
