Seahawks Game

Eric, Sarah, John, Ollie and Mylo in gear...

Bethany got tickets from her Alumni Association for the Seahawks game on December 19th. She and Mylo, me and John and Sarah and Eric all went. The ticketswere almost to the top of the stadium and we had a great view of the whole field, plus a view of Seattle skyline in the background including the Space Needle. Everyone wore their Seahawks clothing, including Ollie. He calls it "feetball." Unfortunately, the Seahawks lost-they were playing Atlanta after all.

It was still fun to be there for a live game...and there was no rain or snow!

Ollie's Teepee

I made a great Teepee for Ollie for Christmas. It is made of fake suede material (about 8 yards of it!) and John had the idea of putting some real deerskin on it as an embellishment. My sister, who has a degree in Linguistics, corrected me on my spelling of Teepee. It is more correct to use the word Tipi, which comes from the Lakota Sioux language, and is the term for a dwelling for multiple people.

The Tipi was a big hit. Ollie kept saying, "Grandma, in!" "Mama, in!" etc. to anyone nearby when he wanted them to play inside with him. Even Hazel, the cat, liked curling up on the bedroll inside and taking a nap when Ollie wasn't in there.

Sun City 5K Race

I started out in August with good intentions to follow a 1/2 Marathon training program so I could run in the Sun City event here in Yakima on October 10th. I didn't however stick to the training schedule and so ended up running the 5K instead! I ran the whole distance this race, even the uphill parts, so that was an improvement. Next race I will try to go a little faster. I got a really cool sweatshirt too!