Brunch at SPCC.
Posted in Family Outings, Friends, Holidays, Mother's Day on May 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Friends, Kids, Nick, Reese, Y Guides on April 7, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon Reese and I ventured to the Eastside — now an annual venture for me — to bowl with our Pink Pandas Y-Guide group.
The bowling wasn’t pretty, but the gals had a lot of fun.
A few pics:
Posted in Easter, Family Outings, Finn, Friends, Holidays, Kids, Nick, Reese, Rhonda, Seattle on March 31, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Friends, Hobbies & Interests, Nick, Running on March 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I joined my friends Gordon Schryer, Pat McKay and Rebecca Davis-Suskind at the Columbia Center in downtown Seattle for my second-ever Big Climb. The general gist: a 69-floor stair climb to raise money for leukemia & lymphoma research.
All in all it was quite an experience. There were roughly 6,000 stair climbers who participated in the Climb throughout the day. The energy was palpable and the survivors I met were quite inspiring. I did the climb in 11:32 — not bad for a skinny guy with chicken legs.
A few pics:
Posted in Finn, Friends, Hobbies & Interests, Holidays, Kids, Nick, Reese, Rhonda, Running, Seattle, St. Patrick's Day on March 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The vast majority of this blog is dedicated to memorializing highlights in the family Jenkins — and specifically Father Jenkins (aka me). This St. Patrick’s Day, however, started as a bit of a low light. The family was all signed up to do the annual St. Patrick’s Day Dash — me in the real race, Reese and Finn in the Leprechaun Run. Unfortunately Finn had a rough evening before, which meant Rhonda had to stay home. No Rhonda meant no Reese because there would be no one to watch her while I ran.
So I still did the St. Patrick’s Day Dash.
By myself.
The Seattle St. Patrick’s Day Dash is not an event one should do by ones self. I met up with Tom and Carrie at the Met Market to keep from being the race’s biggest loser, but they were small consolation to missing Reese and Finn.
Fortunately the day got better thereafter.
After I got home Reese and I ran a lap around Laurelhurst Park, a .44-mile track that served as her personal Lephrechaun Run. Then the family had brunch with Tom, Carrie, Tamir and Mo at Sand Point Country Club.
All and all not a bad day considering the start.
Posted in Friends, Kids, Nick, Reese on February 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Last night Reese and I attended our first-ever Father-Daughter Dance at Sand Point Country Club. With us at the cool table: Steve Kelley and his daughter Olivia; Gordon Schryer and his daughters Lydia and Elena; Bill Crow and his daughters; and Eddie Mendez and his daughters.
It was SERIOUS fun:
Posted in Friends, Kids, Nick, Reese, Y Guides on February 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
This morning Reese and I ventured up to Shoreline to meet our Y-Guides group for a little ice skating.
It was Reese’s first time ever on the ice, my first time in about twenty-five years. Needless to say, we aren’t headed for the Ice Capades anytime soon, but we sure had a lot of fun.
A few pics:
Posted in Family Outings, Finn, Friends, Kids, Nick, Reese, Rhonda, Seattle, Snow on February 3, 2013 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday the Jenkins fam ventured east to Easton and the sprawling Spratley estate for a weekend of tubing and family fun. Great fun. A few pics:
Posted in Friends, Holidays, Kids, New Years, Nick, Parties, Reese, Rhonda on January 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Another New Years Eve, another party. A few pics: