Not quite a white Christmas....

We at least had one fun snow day in Portland. It started at about 1:30pm and snowed for several hours. It was great snow for making snowmen and snow forts! The boys played for almost 2 hours before I had to drag them inside to eat dinner.

Christmas Tree 2009

It is always nice when the weather cooperates on the day we go to select a tree. Especially when it's a "U-cut" lot. (See Jim on the ground sawing the tree...can't imagine that on a rainy day!). Living in Oregon, we are spoiled by the amazing quality and variety of trees...we had our pick of Nobles, Grands, Douglas Firs and Redwoods. We brought home a Doug Fir that was almost too wide to make it through the front door. Now we are ready to get serious about the Christmas decorations.

Snow!!!

Last year at this time there was not any snow atop Mt. Hood. This year...lots of wonderful, fluffy white snow! The ski resorts are all up and running and we have already been up to ski one time. Hopefully this is a sign that we have a great ski season ahead of us. These pictures are from Timberline.