Here is a picture of the new kid on the block and my lovely wife...

It's been an eventful week! Sarah Thompson gave birth to a healthy baby boy!

Here is Ethan David Thompson...



Here are Ethan's proud parents...



We're all having fun getting to know the little (big) guy...



...Carson included...



In other news, Mike and I went on an impromptu trip to Pacific City yesterday evening...

I'm looking forward to some delicious chocolate fonduezzle this evening!

So lately you might have noticed that a certain group of sporting events are getting a fair amount of television air-time. Some refer to said events as the "Winter Olympics."

I was jogging yesterday and I was trying to think of the greatest athlete of all time. I came to the following conclusion...

The greatest athlete of all time is my dog, Maddie. Seriously. She can play in the snow, play with Jaci (Stephanie's little sister), run 4 miles with me, and still be ready for more. It simply defies logic. I'm considering allowing her to run with my number in the Newport Marathon. She would dominate the field. I would be waiting for her at the finish line with a treat.

I need to get this off my chest...

If you want to see the most depressing movie ever made, you should rent "Angela's Ashes." Seriously, it was so sad it wasn't even fun to make fun of the sadness I was feeling while watching it.

I'm slipping into depression simply writing a blog about this sad sad sad movie.

Stay away from the movie. It will make you feel bad about life.

I do appreciate all of the recent precipitation we've had in Oregon, mostly because it has brought a ton of snow to the mountains. I've had an amazing time skiing this winter.

However, I can't even begin to express to you how grateful I am for the recent sunshine. I'm a totally different person when the sun is out. I hold the elevator door open for latecomers, I hug complete strangers, and I even smile a couple of times a day.

I LOVE THE SUN!!!

When Stephanie and I lived in West Seattle, we would have a date night every Tuesday at Tully's Coffee by Thriftway (at the intersection of California Street and Fauntleroy). Last night, we decided it was time to bring back the tradition (at a local coffee shop). We drove through Old Town, which is in the middle of a massive road construction project, only to find that there wasn't a single locally-owned coffee shop open during the evening. We then drove to the strip mall by Shari's, but of course the little coffee shop there was also closed. We eventually decided that we would head across Highway 99 to the Starbucks by Safeway. The coffee was tasty and the conversation was stimulating, but the surroundings were certainly lacking. I hope that once the construction project is finished in Old Town we'll be able to frequent one of the locally-owned coffee shops that have considerably more personality than the common strip-mall Starbucks.