http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com Reports from Seattle...Kieran, Connor, their animals, and indoor/outdoor adventures Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:41:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }   As Joy went to bed on July 25th, she noted her extreme displeasure that the baby’s due date had passed without him making an appearance.  As the clock struck midnight, however, all that changed.  We rushed to the hospital ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/07/welcome-connor/ st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }   Hooray – the summer camping season has started again!  Of course, with Joy now 8 months pregnant, our first trip may have been our last trip for the year.  We had a great weekend at Fort Flagler State Park with ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/06/2008-summer-camping/   Kieran is off to day care two days a week.  He’s having a great time so far with his teachers and all the other kids.  I think Joy’s parents appreciate the extra quiet time a few mornings each week.  Of course, that will all be ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/06/first-days-at-school/ st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }   Joy and I got away to Port Townsend for a quiet weekend by ourselves.  We poked around the waterfront shops on Saturday afternoon, had a great dinner in town, and enjoyed several hours of reading with all the peace and ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/06/weekend-getaway/ We’re just back from a 10 day vacation at “our Kauai beach house” --- as Kieran was fond of calling our condo at the Kaha Lani resort on the eastern shore of the island.  The trip was fantastic, and offered plenty of time to relax and explore Kauai.  Our ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/04/tropical-breezes/ For the second year running we celebrated Joy and Kieran's birthdays in the Methow Valley. This year we piled into the Spring Creek Ranch house in Winthrop with Scott, Holly, Nicolas, Jonas, Jamie, Nicole, Spencer and Ben. That's right, the adults had the advantage in numbers by only ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/02/birthday-week/  Another great holiday with the Daly and Christoferson clans in New England!  Although the flight to Boston arrived 6 ½ hours late, which was 3:30 AM in Boston, Kieran faired pretty well with the trip across the country.  We enjoyed a white Christmas with the whole extended Daly gang – ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2008/01/white-christmas-in-new-england/  We had a great Thanksgiving and long weekend out on Hood Canal.  We stayed on the water just south of the community of Brinnon and the Black Point peninsula (which is currently the subject of much debate as proposals proceed for developing a major resort).  Grandma and Grandpa Christoferson joined ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2007/11/hood-canal-holiday/ Halloween was a lot more fun this year. Kieran loves the decorations that have been up around the neighborhood for the last few weeks. He has insisted on joining me and Baxter for the evening walk so he can see the jack-o-lanterns and other lights. Just ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2007/11/pumkin-patch-raid/  We’re all camped out for this year – and are spending the Labor Day weekend relaxing at home.  One bit of irony is that a long-ago backordered screenhouse just showed up this week – just after a wet weekend at Fort Flagler with a whole crew of different folks from ... http://johnandjoy.coopblue.com/2007/09/camping-report-part-ii/