Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
LA CONNER, WA :: Kristie and I headed North after work on Friday to enjoy a nice walk through fields of blooming tulips on a rare, sunny and warm Spring...
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We’re John & Kristie. Here we share our adventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, along with the places, projects, and experiences we’ve enjoyed together since 2001. Between 2010 and 2026, this website became quiet while we focused on the greatest adventure of all: raising our kids. We never stopped exploring or taking photographs, but during those years we shared most of our stories and everyday moments on social media instead. To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we brought the website back to life. We’re now gathering those missing years in one place, adding the posts and photographs we previously shared elsewhere and rebuilding this site as a lasting record of our family’s adventures. Thanks for visiting and exploring our story with us. We hope you enjoy looking through the photographs and memories – and we’d love to hear from you in the comments.
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The French Quarter
NEW ORLEANS, LA :: A long business trip to New Orleans was both very productive and very fun! When I wasn’t conducting demonstrations, engaged in round tables, or spending...
TAIKOPROJECT
EDMONDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EDMONDS, WA :: Kristie is a drum freak. She enjoys listening to all kinds of drums: steel drums, congas, bongos, tom-toms, hi-hats, snares, bass...
Commonwealth Basin
MT. BAKER-SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST, WA :: On this first day of 2007, Kristie and I enjoyed a snowshoe hike through Commonwealth Basin near Snoqualmie Pass. We had originally...
Christmas
EDMONDS, WA :: Our first Christmas in our new home with our new kittens was wonderful! The photo above shows Sage stalking Mance from under the tree. We tried our...
2006 Photo Album
EDMONDS, WA :: Just in time for the holidays, I created another photo album to capture and share some of the milestones and events Kristie and I experienced in 2006....
Mini-Pendant Chandelier
EDMONDS, WA :: With most of the house renovations complete, we finally invited our friends over for a dinner party. We looked forward to using our new table, chairs and...
Halloween
EDMONDS, WA :: We decided to have a little fun with the trick-or-treaters this Halloween, our first in our new home. We placed five jack-o-lanterns around our entryway, replaced...
Halloween Sugar Cookies
EDMONDS, WA :: This Halloween we made a bunch of cookies in the shape of ghosts, pumpkins, bats and cats. It was fun and the cookies were delicious! Batches went...
Rockport
ROCKPORT, MA :: On our last day in New England, Kristie and I headed north from Boston to check out Rockport and Salem. Rockport is a small fishing village and...
Trails Near Boston
MILTON AND CONCORD, MA :: Today we drove a short distance away from the city to experience a few of the natural attractions in Massachussetts. The first stop was a...
Life is Good Pumpkin Festival
BOSTON COMMON, BOSTON, MA :: We were in Boston Common this evening to enjoy the second annual Life is Good Pumpkin Festival. The event is a fundraiser for Camp Sunshine,...
Mount Auburn Cemetery
CAMBRIDGE, MA :: Boston is home to many of America’s “firsts”, including the first college, first post office, first public park, first public school, first...
Boston
BOSTON, MA :: Kristie needed to be in Boston for an Association of Educational Therapists conference. I tagged along and added a few extra days to our trip to experience...
Harvard Square
CAMBRIDGE, MA :: We crossed the Charles River and walked around Harvard Square and Harvard Yard, which was kind of neat. I think I was most excited to see the...
We’re Engaged!
SEATTLE, WA :: It shouldn’t be a surprise to our family and friends, but Kristie and I are now officially betrothed! I surprised her with dinner at Palace Kitchen, where...
Mance & Sage
EDMONDS, WA :: The kittens are taking over our website! Kristie insisted we post more photos of them in our album, because they’re growing so fast. They’ve nearly...
Maple Pass
OKANOGAN NATIONAL FOREST, WA :: This hike was my first experience of the golden larch. The larch is a unique, deciduous conifer. Its needles turn bright yellow every Fall, and...
Cirque du Soleil: Delirium
KEY ARENA, SEATTLE, WA :: The Cirque du Soleil was in town again to perform their best songs in a very entertaining and overwhelming multimedia concert. Musicians, singers,...
Mexico City
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO :: The company sent me and a coworker to Mexico City for a few days. It was a great trip! We successfully deployed a major account, the...
EIG Website
EDMONDS, WA :: Please excuse the shameless self-promotion, but today is a proud day! The website for Kristie’s insurance agency has finally launched, nearly a year after...
Kitties
EDMONDS, WA :: Kristie and I are the proud new parents of two cute kittens! They were adopted from the Everett Animal Shelter. The girl is five weeks old and...
Morimoto
PHILADELPHIA, PA :: I was in Philadelphia this week with a couple coworkers, and I fully intended to subsist on just Philly cheesesteaks in my attempt to find the best...
Green Mountain
MT. BAKER-SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST, WA :: Each time I’ve hiked Green Mountain, I’ve been impressed by how stunningly green it really is. A nearly overgrown section...
Anacapa
CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CA :: Anacapa, the smallest of the Channel Islands, is located fourteen miles from the Californian coast. We boarded a catamaran at Ventura Harbor...
