Cows wearing Santa hats?

Even if it's photoshopped, it still deserves a thumbs up. My digital Christmas card for 2011.

I do love the aquarium...

So thumbs up to holiday parties at the aquarium! Do I mention that I ate some wonderful sushi right after this picture was taken??

Now, buttermilk biscuits here we go...

Sift the flour, roll the dough. Thumbs up to my homemade buttermilk biscuits!

Just in time for my 11am board meeting...

Thumbs up to snowboarding in a beautiful place!

Any reason to dress up...

...deserves a thumbs up! Good times with good friends for Halloween.

Prom!

Last night I attended a '2nd Chance Prom' with a group of friends. Getting to dress up and be silly with fun people? Definitely a thumbs up experience!

Thumbs up to cachers!

I know this sign I saw in Luxembourg is not referring to geocachers, but I like to pretend it does anyway.

My Oh My Thumbs!

The Mariners don't win that often. They definitely lost a winner when announcer Dave Niehaus passed away. Thumbs up to Dave, and taking in a game with family. (btw, they actually won tonight)

Where in the world is the thumbs up?

Recently attended the Geocaching Block Party. Can you find my thumbs up?

Thumbs up to family time!

Celebrating my mom's Birthday always deserves a thumbs up!

Munich!

When in Munich, one must visit a beer garden. Thumbs up to that.

Thumbs up all around!

Standing in line at a beer garden in Cologne, waiting to order schnitzel and what do I see? Thumbs up! That definitely deserved a thumbs up.

Thumbs up to my first geocache in Belgium!

In Europe for a big geocaching event, so naturally one of the first things I did after getting off the plane was to go find some geocaches.

I'm all for a little graffiti...

Especially when it's funny.

Thumbs up to Idaho, photography and the Real Deal Brazil hat

On a recent outing with family in Idaho, many of us armed with cameras, my aunt caught this shot of me. Okay, well, I asked her to take it for this blog. She takes amazing pictures, so I figured a portrait by her would be perfect for here.

Liberty thumbs

A few years back they put in a small replica of the Statue of Liberty at the beach in my hometown of Sandpoint, Idaho. I'm not sure why. But I decided to hold a thumbs up pose for 30 seconds to capture this shot in the middle of the night.

Taco Tuesday Thumbs!

Almost every Tuesday I go to one of my favorite bars with friends for Taco Tuesday. I don't even like tacos, but this place leaves me craving them. Don't even get me started on how good the Margaritas are...

A new element to "Thumbs Up" - Guest Thumbs!

One of my favorite hobbies is geocaching. Here's a shot a fellow geocacher took recently in Minnesota. Totally awesome. If you'd like to be a "Guest Thumbs" on my blog, let me know!

Thumbs up to the Navy!

The USS Sampson was visiting Seattle for Fleet Week. I couldn't help by wait in line 3 hours to take a tour. It was well worth it just for this snapshot.

More old evidence...

Doing some cleaning up of files on my computer today I found this evidence of early days "thumbs up" action. This was me showing off my excitement over my bunk space at Camp Muir. I slept in that bunk next to about 18 others for about 5 hours before summiting Mt. Rainier. Definitely a thumbs up moment for me.

Soundgarden Rocks!

Soundgarden reunion tour with one of my favorite bands (Queens of the Stone Age) opening. Totally deserves a thumbs up!

I like rafting...

And I like swimming...

Use the Force...

Cutest. Clone Trooper. Ever.

I could get arrested for this one...

Confiscating motorcycles from police officers - totally gets two thumbs up. Miriam agrees!

Two Thumbs for Tulips!

How could I not give my favorite flower a thumbs up?!

A double thumbs up kinda day...

Like I said, Mt. Rainier holds a special place in my heart. Combine a love for the mountain with snowshoeing and you get a double thumbs up kinda day.

Rainier makes me happy

Ever since I summited Rainier, the mountain has kept a special place in my heart. I give the mountain two thumbs up!

Snowshoeing with friends

Snowshoeing's a great hobby of mine. Here's a thumbs up at the start of the Gold Creek trail.

Go Sounders!

Naturally the Sounders FC deserve two thumbs up.

Oldest evidence...

The oldest evidence I could find on the interwebs was me giving the thumbs up on the summit of Mt. Rainier. I'm quite proud of this moment in my life and think it's one of the most "thumbs up" worthy things I've done.

Thumbs Up Around The World

Everyone has their thing. It's that thing that they do - maybe it's something they say, a goofy look they make, how they react to something - just that thing they don't realize is their thing until someone points it out as their thing. It's recently been pointed out to me that my thing is giving the thumbs up in a picture. Because people said it was my thing, I find that I now have to live up to doing my thing. So here we go. Welcome to Thumbs Up Around the World. I'm starting this blog with pictures I've found of myself doing that thing I do and will add appropriate pictures when they've been taken.