Halloween

Spring Break 2010

2000 miles, 500 photos, 40 hours of driving (all by John), eight inches of snow, five dogs, five cats, four cities, four forests, four Happy Meals, three beaches, three dips in the hot tub, two souvenir t-shirts, two loads of laundry, one bay, one ski area, one lake, no rainy days = a great spring break.

Many more photos in a web album. Just click on the link.

Happy Valentine's Day

7th Birthday

Last Friday night we had 14 1st graders at our house for J's birthday. The theme was "game night," and they rotated through four different games. It was kind of crazy, so I didn't have a chance to take many photos.

On Thursday, J's actual birthday, he opened our gifts. He got a skateboard, which he tested out on the treadmill.

Ski Race!

J did his first ski race today! I think he had a lot of fun. J tells me that he lost on the first run because he fell down. One the second run, he won. He got a ribbon for participating, and that's really all it takes to make a six (almost seven) year old happy.

Then J and Dad went to the Bowl to finish up their day. It was dumping snow, so Dad left J in the warming hut with J's new buddy, Coach Lauren, who happened to be working the afternoon shift at the hut. She let J go up to the loft to play with Pumpkin, the resident cat, and she made him two servings of hot chocolate and some Skittles.

Apparently, all this sugar gave J the energy to go ski Upper Bowl with his Dad. Way to go boys.

In case you are wondering, the girls spent the day watching it rain in Pdx.