My three favorite monkeys. I can't explain how proud I am to hear them call me daddy.

Spencer in the lobby at the Davenport Hotel. It's a nearly 100 year old, world class hotel in downtown Spokane. He and I went there two weekends ago for a special Dad/Spencer adventure. He got some exposure to the world! He put money in a parking meter, he watched a professional pianist playing a grand piano, used a bathroom with marble counters & floors where he got to dry his hands with a linen cloth and told me on the sidewalk out front, "I love down' in town!" (that's downtown for the rest of us.) This picture and the ones to follow were taken this past weekend when Grandma Lu and Grandpa Tom came up for the weekend.

Is it physically possible to be an cuter?

Is it humanly possible to be any grumpier? I call my Sophia little Mussolini. She's got the sweet disposition of a dictator sometimes! Here, at the Davenport, she is ticked because I sat in a chair she had her eye on.

The kids in the Marie Antoinette Ballroom.

The Grand Pennington Ballroom.

Remind anyone of Ferris Beuller's Day Off?

Grandma Lu and Grandpa Tom in the Peacock Lobby at the Davenport Hotel.

My kids are gonna know there is more than playhousedisney.com!

Here's Sophia in downtown Spokane with Grandma and Grandpa.

Madeline and Spencer at the church Christmas concert. The little kids were dressed up like Chipmunks, complete with their first initials. Micah Blauer is just to Madeline's right.

Both Madeline and Spencer did so good at the Christmas concert. Madeline didn't smile much, she takes her performance very serious. She doesn't want to mess up the words or the motions. Spencer stole many hearts. He was so cute with his baggy pants and gigantic turtle neck. He did amazing considering how bad he flamed out at the dress rehearsal the day before. He hung in, sang all his songs and did almost all the hand motions. And to top it off, he only picked his nose once!!

MEMORIES

Ahhhh... sweet little Spencer. Eric Blauer came by the house today and said he had found a disk with some pictures on it from one of their trips down to Oregon. This was in June 2001. They had come to our apartment and we all went swimming. Spencer was not even 1 yet. Wow.

Madeline, Dad and Uncle Neue. Good times!

(If you look at the picture of Sophia below, these two girls are about the same age. They are definately sisters!)

It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well, the title of this book says almost as much as that smile.