january in review, part one

so this is the new year... (insert death cab's song here)i kicked off the new year by picking up spencer from the airport on new year's eve and hauling to the space needle for the festivities. we were on time to see the fireworks from a side street and it was impressive. we checked out pike's market- twice in two days so we could see the fish throwing and so my car could get broken into the second time while in the broad daylight in less than two hours. bastards. ironic public parking place i parked at when the "incident" happened. i mean my car has 225K miles on it. it wasn't enough to claim on my insurance since spencer's tom tom, my ipod shuffle from analee and jose and my cell phone (also given to me by the a & j) would be considered "home owner's insured items." whatever!on the brighter side of things i was able to see the troll under the bridge after seattle we headed towards the oregon coast. along the way we found this awesome restaurant to stop and eat in. spencer is giving a visual to the name of the restaurant.also found in clatskanie....on we went to goonie countrythe visit was successful with both of us doing a rendition of the "truffle shuffle." i'm not allowed to post spencer's pic.
p.s. that's the real house in the back.

astoria was magical and charming, i can't wait to go back again. we made it to the shipwreck by sunset.then did the last leg of the trip in...

the drive welcomed us back to the freakish weather and lack of plows in oregon but it was a fun packed beginning of the year.