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As promised, the June photo album has been completed and has been posted. Do yourself a favor and read Wendy’s captions. Click here to see the pictures. Hopefully, there will be some video soon also.

Summer has arrived in Gig Harbor and we decided that the kids did not have enough toys to keep them busy in the warm (but, thankfully, relatively mild) weather. So, we decided that our money was better spent on removing our trampoline and filling it in with sand than to pay for emergency room visits related to said trampoline. After 175 trips down our driveway and through our backyard to fill in a hole that was 15′ wide and four feet deep, we now have what we like to call “The World’s Largest Sandbox” (with “World” referring more to the world of tinkleflick…we don’t want to get sued by someone who has a larger sandbox). As seems to be the case with home service vendors in this area, Tony from Harbor Point Excavating not only did a great job but became a new friend to the kids. Tony not only contributed to our fleet of trucks but took the kids on a ride on the Bobcat (shhhh…don’t tell his insurance company) and allowed Noah to hire himself on as a volunteer worker. Stay tuned for some video that we hope to post soon as well as the full June photo album. For now, check out the pictures of the World’s Largest Sandbox!

How do we celebrate Father’s Day here in the land of tinkleflick? Well, by staging a 10 lap airplane race, of course. One of the benefits (disadvantages?) of a house with a floorplan like our is that the kids can race around, and around, and around. It’s apparently ENDLESS fun! So, when asked what they wanted to do for the Pacos on Father’s Day, it was of course a race. To all the fathers and pacos in tinkleflickland, Happy Father’s Day 2008. Enjoy the video.

Well, we’ve been here for two months and Ralph is loving the weather even if all of the members of Tinkleflick Nation are not jumping up and down for joy. The cold weather is lasting longer than is normal for the area (so they say) which, is good, because each day that summer is delayed, the better. Noah finished his pre-K career and is now a legitimate Kindergartener-elect just waiting to take his seat. Life is good in the Pacific Northwest! Click here to view the May pictures and stay tuned. We are thinking of releasing some videos soon.

May of 2008 marked our first full month as residents of the Pacific Northwest. It’s been colder than they say is normal for the area (which makes Ralph happy) but it’s a beautiful place to live and we’re settling in. We’ve went into the city recently to see Dan Zanes and spent the afternoon at the famous Pike Place Market and taking the ferry back. Summer is almost upon us so come on by and see us sometime. The April photo album is available here.

If you didn’t think Natalie was crazy before, take one look at this picture and you might change her mind. This is what Natalie looks like with skin lotion in her hair! At least this looks puts her in fairly good company. Now, if she could only discover the present day equivalent of the theory of relativity, we’d be set!

March was an historic month for the land of tinkleflick. After months of planning and waiting, we finally made it up to our new home in Gig Harbor and, unfortunately, we brought all of our stuff with us (despite many voo doo curses for the warehouse to catch on fire without hurting anyone). Ralph drove 16 straight hours from L.A. and Wendy and the kids flew up afterwards! Most of the boxes are unpacked and we are getting used to life in our new home town. Check out the new pictures.

February will mark our last full month here in So Cal as we pack up (actually everything was long ago packed and a few weeks ago we moved in to our new house in Gig Harbor, Washington). We’ve managed to stay very busy wrapping up our affairs here and getting ready for the big move. We’re very excited to make our way to our new home and we hope you will keep checking in to tinkleflick.com for updates and maybe even come up to visit. Anyway, for now, here are the February pictures!

We had a busy start to the year in January. We started off with Noah turning five. That’s right, he’s five! We’re still recovering from last year’s blowout party so this was the off year and we kept things more mellow. Noah still had a great time and his Lego collection has expanded further. We haven’t moved up to Seattle yet but the weather has been cold there and the freezing weather burst a pipe and flooded the entire garage. Thankfully, our new neighbors and good friends caught it early and we were able to stop the water, remove the soaked building materials, spray the anti-mold treatment and dry everything out. We really dodged a bullet and we are really looking forward to moving up to our new home. The new photo album of January pictures has been released.

Well, the holidays sure came and went quickly, didn’t they? 2007 passed quietly into the night at the temporary Tinkleflick headquarters. This holiday will go down in history as the most jinxed. Most of us were sick on-and-off and Natalie ended up in the E.R. for stitches! She’s fine but she’s going to be awarded the Tinkleflick Heart Award for being wounded in battle! Check out the link for the pictures.