Happy Birthday Chris, Merry Christmas Everyone!

Around this household we always make sure to have a birthday "outing". To celebrate Chris' birthday (the big 2-7!) I had planned to take him to the Boeing Tour and Museum in Everett so he could take a gander at how they make those enormous airplanes. Unfortunately when we arrived the fog was SO dense you couldn't see any of the planes on the runway, he was disappointed about that... oh well, can't win them all. We got on the first tour and got to see the 747, 767 and the new 787 assembly lines. I had worked in Everett a bit during my Boeing intern days, so it was a bit different to be on the visitor side of things. Chris enjoyed the tour and was amazed at the entire manufacturing operations. Seeing the new 787 just a few days after it's first flight was pretty cool. Nothing like that new airplane smell :)
After the tour we wandered around the Future of Flight Museum. It was pretty neat and had a replica of the 787 interior. A HUGE improvement from the current airplane interior, way to go Boeing.

Here were are standing next to the vertical stabilizer of a passenger plane - guess you don't realize how big it is when it's ON the plane. 

 Me vs. 747 landing gear -

Chris piloting -

 

In the cockpit of a 767-

 

We had a short week at work - but managed to get a bit more done in the bathroom.

We got the toilet out of the toilet out of the hallway and back into the bathroom - Chris is doing the ceremonial first flush while I crossed my fingers for NO leaks... success!

  

Toilet's in place -

 

New counter, sink, faucet and backsplash!

 

We decided to skip the Christmas gifts this year - but we did do stockings for each other...

The family stockings all lined up -

 As for Christmas  - we spent the weekend in Auburn with Mom and Dad. Chris and I needed the time to relax and be away from the chaos we've created in our own house.

Christmas Eve with the family -  


Christmas pajamas!


 Christmas morning stockings - even for Bear dog:

The day after Christmas we went out with the Burns family for post-Christmas mircobrew tasting. We had a good time, some good drinks and some good food.

Eileen and Ben - celebrating two years of marriage on Tuesday : )


The "mature" adults:

And us!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas weekend, we sure did : )

Next up - a short work week and a long weekend at the Beach!