The goodness of Hawaii

Oregonians in Hawaii

You'd never know we weren't locals...ha, ha!

It was a fun birthday weekend!

Happy Birthday, Sean!

Happy Birthday to our 8 year old boy who loves Legos, reading, building forts out of old boxes, digging in sand or dirt and bacon and cake (though not necessarily together). Our life is filled with adventures and laughs because of this awesome guy!

Who's afraid of a little rain?

Birthday fun

 

The cake was delicious. It's the creme fraiche chocolate bundt cake with ganache from http://www.stephmodo.com/. (Actually it's from her blog, but she links to http://www.zupas.com/). It turned out really well (or at least that's what my taste testers told me!).

It's the birthday season

Jim turns 44 today...we celebrated by playing in the slushy snow up at Mt. Hood, baking a cake and making dinner plans...once March hits, we have a steady stream of birthday fun. Jim, Sean (next Saturday) then Jackson in April.  And, as usual, March can't make up its mind...first it's Spring! Then, wait, Winter is back! Then , within 24 hours, Spring returns. The warm sunny days have been a nice break from the grayer late winter days. And, more daylight definitely helps us get through the pacific Northwest winter. We had a spectacular spring skiing day Friday...no pictures, but a nice reminder of why we love this part of the country. The rain can get old, but there's nothing like a day of blue skies, skiing below snowy Mt. Hood and breathing in that pine scented mountain air. It's definitely a good place to be.

This just makes me laugh

From our summer 2010 trip to Seattle/San Juans

Sunday sunshine

I don't think it reached 60 degrees but it was sunny and dry, so that means....shorts! We love George Rogers park. The boys don't hang out on the playground as much, but they love exploring the rocks all along the river. There is also an old iron furnace that has been designated a historical landmark and the boys love checking it out.
It was so nice to see the sun but Monday rolled around and it was cold and even snowed for a little while. It does look like we finally have a stretch of sunny dry weather coming up so maybe that's the last of the snow.

Sleepover...the aftermath

We had 5 boys under the age of 10 sleepover last night. Lots of laughing, pizza, cupcakes, wii and a special showing of the Mighty Ducks. This morning was a little more subdued!