So, this is a loooong post, but its mostly pictures. : )
First, Dad and Jean's visit - TONS of fun and now the house is so quiet with them gone. I wish we had other visitors planned so I could look forward to that and it wouldn't seem so quiet (hint hint). We got up to lots of fun things:
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Went antiquing in Aurora, a small town outside Portland. |
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Dad and Ashley installed the dimmer switch in the dining room, hurray! So excited. |
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We were also dog sitting for Josh and Michelle's dog Oliver and we all took a walk up Mt. Tabor. |
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We drove up to the infamous Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood (where the movie "The Shining" was filmed). Brrrr. |
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Dad and Jean wined and dined us - this was one of MANY delicious meals and glasses of wine. |
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The nightly routine: watch the news about the protests in Madison while Carmen cuddles with Jean on the couch. |
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Carmen and Oliver guard the house. |
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Ashley and Dad workin in the garage. |
Miss them tons already, although I think we'd all gain 30 pounds if we kept eating and drinking as well as we did when we were all together. It was such a nice time.
Natale also visited us a few weeks ago - lots of yummy food, staying up late talking, a short hike in the gorge, shopping, etc. Ashley got some fun photos of the dinner Natale and I cooked for friends one night with his fish eye camera lens:
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We made Julia Child's boef bourginon and opened the first bottle of wine from a case Jeff and Ryan gave us for a wedding present - so they were present en totem with Natale (had to represent the high school friends :) |
And lastly, apparently this is enough snow to shut Portland down - schools were closed, we had a mandatory work from home day. It was great. Our first photos of our house in snow: