First time back to the High Desert Museum since returning to Bend. It was a nice day and they had some outdoor activities from pioneer days including a potato dig!
I was down in the Medford Oregon area this week for work and on our drive back I got this great shot of Mt Thielsen (9182 ft) from the highway. It is part of the Cascade range of volcanoes.
Kelly's sister Erin got married this weekend to her fiance Scott. They tied the knot on Saturday March 8. Kelly and I went down and took Noah with us. We had a babysitter stay with the other kids for the weekend. She got married at Catholic church beside her apartment on Balboa Island in Newport Beach - St. John Vianney. It was a great time, with beautiful weather. On Sunday we had a brunch at Kelly's parents house. Noah enjoyed hanging out with his cousins, Carter and Grant.
Noah and I grabbed a hearty breakfast this morning at IHOP before heading over to Bend Rock Gym for some indoor climbing.
A massive snow storm has hit us in central Oregon. Its been snowing for about 3 days. There is over 2 feet of snow. The snow piled up in the driveway is over 6 feet high now. Here is a video that includes my drive home from work last night as well as some footage from today.
First time back to the slopes in a couple years. I decided to try skiing again. I haven't skied in over 15 years. Hunter and Noah did half day lessons which gave Pat and I a few hours on the slopes, and then we took the boys up from the lesson area to the bunny slope.
Noah really picked up skiing quick once he had a couple runs down on the bunny slope.
Oregon and the west in general has a lot of pick up trucks and a lot of these trucks are outfitted with big tires and jacked up suspension. The kids keep saying - look at all the monster trucks! Being in the UK you never see that - hardly anyone drives a pickup and cars and even trucks are small in comparison to vehicles in the US, however today we came across this monster in the parking lot of a Walmart that even I had to stop and take a picture of...
Nothing Eventful on New Years this year. Kelly and I made it to new years on east coast time but unfortunately not west coast time. Kids are finally starting to adjust from UK time. They were waking every day at 3-4 in the morning, but now seem to be converted back to west coast time. Today the weather was again clear and sunny, so we decided to head to the old mill and do a walk along the river.
Here is everyone walking along the Deschutes river with Mt Bachelor in the background and another shot of Abbie and PJ at a park we stopped at.
