Scattering Mom's Ashes

Driving onto the ferry at Mukilteo. 

Riding the ferry is always fun

Visiting with Paula

Daisy

Double-sided story pole, The Maiden of Deception Pass

Cold hike, but beautiful

Kimo holding mom's ashes

Fished off this floating dock as kids

Our family loves Rosario Beach. I could stay here all day looking at the stones that make up the beach. It's not really a sand beach, but gravel, where the rocks 
have been worn smooth by the waves.

 

Scattered mom's ashes here.

Gilroy Mochi Making at Christmas

Emi and Tom working on the tamago eggs.

G'Pa Katashima

Kimo having too much fun

Mochi making getting ready to start

Terry spreading the sweet rice flour

"An" balls waiting for their mochi coat

 

Chieko bags the mochi

Mochi cooling off

Tom and his cousin, Richie

Tom in the hot spot and Kimo moving the rice along

Rice cooking

Everyone helps form the mochi balls

 Grilling smoky burgers

Lots of chatting-three generations

 

Christmas Sights - SD

We have half a dozen birds that are lit from within;
one of our favorite ornaments.

Vintage Santa mug

Decorated truck outside the commissary

I made this wreath last year

After the Stake Christmas concert last week, Kimo and  I 
took a walk around the nearby neighborhood to look at their
decorations.

This yard was kind of creepy with the lights turned off!

Sparkly Nativity scene

Clairemont Ward decorations

Home Depot cactus

Sparkly sugar cookies-Tom's fav

Beautiful temple!

Inflatable Nativity scene

 

Art Depicting Christ

Love the light shining overhead and the Christ child
looking up toward it (and His Father).

Christ again looks upward-love the bright
strokes of paint

Bought a very old piano book that has gorgeous illustrations, including this one of the Holy Family.

Love how Peter seems to be rushing toward the beckoning Christ!

The first sacrament

Two minimalist versions of the Holy Family

The use of light here is spectacular!

Different version of Christ walking on the water

Another nice use of light