Mountains are getting snow but just rain in town (along with sun). Full rainbow with partial double rainbow!
The last few years we have been going to the Redmond Christmas parade. More fun than the Bend Parade - a little more low key and more festive being at night. Pretty cold night but fun and festive!
Last year we were in Mexico for thanksgiving. Seems like such a long time ago. This year we were home and it was relaxing. Hunter got back from school Nov 17 so it’s been nice to have him home as well
We had a few friends over the eve of thanksgiving, and thanksgiving day we hung out as a family, had a nice dinner and watched Christmas movies.
The Caldera boys and girls varsity teams made the Oregon state championships this year. Noah had a great race. Their team finished 8th in the state! He finished 3rd on his team (teams consist of 7 runners) 51st out of the top 94 runners in the state! A great finish for the season. We are so proud of him!!
It’s a little early (Oct 25)
and it won’t last but fun to see.
Noah had a great districts race today and it was great that Lulu and Papa were there to see him race. Their team (caldera high school) made the state championships (2 top teams from the district make it to state). The other lady in the one photo is their teams head coach.
Lulu and papa were visiting and the weather was amazing this past weekend so so got out for some nice fall walking (including some shopping for the girls on Saturday).
While the girls shopped the boys walked Shevlin park on Saturday and Sunday we all went up to hike Todd lake in the cascades. (Big mountain in the background of some Todd lake photos is Mt Bachelor - the local ski mountain)
Todd Lake
Today there was a solar eclipse that had full coverage passing over Oregon. To get into the full path we only needed to drive a little over an hour south of Bend with our friends the Osters.
This one was a little different than the one we saw a few years back in Aug 2017. That one you could actually take your glasses off. Todays was known as a ring of fire where the moon passes in front but you can still see a glowing ring around the outside with the eclipse glasses. Note the theme music selected in the background in the video below:)
We went to the fort rock area. Oregon had a lot of cloud cover today but the clouds parted where we were just as the eclipse started.
After the eclipse we drove over to Fort Rock state park, ate breakfast and hiked around the formation.
Of interest last time we were at fort rock state park was May 2014. Take a look at how little Noah and Hunter are.
Kelly and I went to Brasada Ranch for an anniversary dinner tonight. Beautiful evening for October. We had a table outside and enjoyed the sunset.
