April 14. Mid April snow! It has actually snowed 3 days this week already.
More … April 16
Abbie and Preston practicing their skills at the shooting range with the .22. Watch out rabbits!
We go camping on Paulina lake often in the summer. I have never been up in the winter. The resort on Paulina lake is actually open for a few months in the winter but you cannot drive in - hike or snowmobile only from a snow park that is a few miles down the road.
Noah and I drove up Friday afternoon and hiked in staying at one of the small 2 person cabins for the night.
On the way in we stopped and hiked down to Paulina falls. Again - a place we have visited in summer but not in winter. Really pretty.
The weather has been unseasonably warm the last month. This weekend Hunter and I went to Crater lake to go winter camping. It was spring conditions. Hunter has been investing in backcountry skis and just got some climbing skins so we spent time practicing.
We then headed up and found a camp that allowed us to watch the sunset. While warm in the day it was still getting down to about 21 overnight.
Sunday after getting back to the car we drove up to the crater rim by the hotel (only part of the road open in winter). It was amazing to see the lake with snow.
What a fun week we had with the MacDermotts. Erin and the girls came to visit along with Lulu. It was a week of non stop action and fun. The girls got to do many firsts. They went sledding and skiing and loved every minute of it. The girls had perfect blue bird days skiing. We couldn’t have asked for better weather for learning how to ski. We can’t wait for our next visit together. 🛷 ⛷ ⛸ ❤️
Dinner part with friends:
Virtual reality outing with the kids:
Enjoying the lead up to Christmas. Time at home, Coffee shops, Christmas Eve service and Christmas Eve dinner at Noi Thai.
Christmas Day
Today Noah did his first state race in Beaverton OR. It was a 4km race so his longest so far. In middle school they do 3km. There were 54 boys in his age bracket. Noah came in 13th! With a time of 16:08. 2 members of his team came in 2nd and 5th - Mason and Kaden pictured below.
We had a harvest party on Halloween with friends at our house. We ate chilly together and went trick or treating. Sent from my iPhone
