No day, and certainly no week, is complete without some time with Benny and Ephraim. They are growing like weeds, but a lot more fun.
"Arting" together with Aunt Julie! Benny may have some talent -- he's really really good at drawing little squashed spiders! He loves "dawing"!
We enjoyed a fun Christmas party with the White Bluffs Elementary School Steel Band. They were good! The Limbo was fun! (But just the same, I'm glad of the excuse of back problems so that I could just watch!)
We had the priviledge of a visit from my supervisor at PAX, and did some fun activities with her. Spokane was our destination so we could also see Missy and Lewis and their student Pahmie. It was awesome to see them, even just for a short time, and the scenery was beautiful!
We stopped by St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Spokane -- I love stained glass windows, and they were here in plenty. Learned a bit about stained
glass artists, and the masons who built the cathedral, and some of the planning and 
symbolism that went into building it. Even though I've been in a few huge European cathedrals which dwarfed this one, St. John's was still magnificent! 
We also visited an IMAX theater and saw some nauseatingly up close and super cool extreme sports. And finally a visit to a nice warm, lush greenhouse. Smaller than I wished, but still VERY nice on a cold winter's day! 
The next day we visited some old friends at an alpaca farm!
And, so fun, we started decorating for Christmas! After last year's cardboard box and plastic sheet theme (while remodelling), it is especially enjoyable to put up our holiday best.
