Happy Holidays

We're all a little tired over here after a fun filled holiday season.

Happy 2008!

Stand up to the challenge?

A little over a year ago, cousin Julienne and I had the opportunity to "perform" in an almost empty house at the Seattle Comedy Underground under Swannie's bar in Seattle. Following this debacle, we declared that we were "funnier than that" and that everyone should always have a routine ready if the opportunity ever presented itself again. Well, Julienne presented the opportunity again all right, by arranging the first annual Wood Family at the Comedy Underground stand up comedy fest this past week. WOW.

Some routines were excellent examples of classy humor performed in a professional manner...

... while others, well, weren't.


(you can always click on the pictures to zoom)

Everyone though was pretty darn funny, I must say.

Thank you Julienne!
Let's do it again next year.

You can see a few more pictures of the evening by clicking here... if you so desire.

A Holiday Poppy Visit

Poppy, a.k.a. Grandpa Malcolm, spent a few days with the Montlake Woods this past holiday season. He got in some great family fun with the kids...

... and even may have a new favorite. OK, well at least a favorite Grand Dog. I think our sending him out on walks with Barkley in our typical Seattle December was to blame for the cold he brought back to SF with him.

Thanks for coming Mal!

Cousin Brooke!

Cousin Brooke visited from Colorado Springs this past week for GranLloyd's birthday party and to get some cousin play'n in.

Brooke played tackle football with Connor.

and was basically inseperable from Charlotte when they had the chance to hang.

STICKER FUN WITH GRANDPA!

Cousin Connor!

We loved having Connor and Sammy visit last weekend!

We learned a few tricks to help us out.

Ryan had a blast playing with his best cousin buddy.

Sammy as always was a pleasure to have over as well, and Barkley loved hanging with her mom.

Charlotte loved playing with her cousins too!

AHH! DOGS AND KIDS EVERYWHERE!

Here is some video of Ryan and Connor messing around this weekend. I think these two are going to get into their fare share of trouble over the years...

To see the complete album of the fun, you can click here.

Christmas Card

How to make a CHRISTMAS CARD
(in 5 easy steps)

STEP 1: Make some kids

STEP 2: Add water, grow kids

Step 3: Get a dog

Step 4: take about 150 pictures of kids and dog
(you can click to zoom on the pictures if you wish)

(OK, nix the dog, too difficult)

Step 5: Make Christmas card

Happy Thanksgiving

Connor, Nate, and Mela invited a lot of turkeys over this year for some good family fun.

The dogs and people alike had some great family bonding...

... and we ate like kings and queens (and princesses)!

Even the kids seemed to have an OK time!

To see even more pictures of the crazy Turkey Day, CLICK HERE!

Snow!

For a few hours last week, we had a few inches of snow dump on us...

Ryan sat at the window and watched and watched...

Charlotte and dad ran out and braved the storm for a little while,

while Barkley LOVED running around in it.