The day after my birthday (8-24) Katie (my daughter) and Mike (my grandson) arrived from Colorado Springs for a week.

I picked them up at the airport and our first stop was to visit my mom.

I dropped Katie and Mike of at her mom's. The next day we had a birthday lunch with Robby at Gordon's on Blueberry Hill and a late birthday cake and ice cream that evening.

The next day she was off to Olympia to visit friends. On Sunday we joined Katie and Mike at Robbys for a barby.

That's Robby. He's just finished his summer quarter finals. The next day Zoe and I drove Katie and Mike down to the airport. We stopped by Robby's so Katie and Mike could say good-bye. Just before we left the birthday presents from my Colorado family arrived and I opened them up at Robby's.

Check out Flying pigs at flickr for more of the story and more pictures. I only have Evan's up but I will be taking more pictures of all these fantastical creatures.

I've even been taking some pictures. I got my Kodak Medalist II back and it's now a 120 camera. I have 3 rolls to send in as well as 4 sheets of 4x5.

It's been 5 years putting the kit together. I only have two lens mounted. more to come.