Donaldson Crew Adventures

This time Hunter came with us to the Rock Gym!

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.  

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... 

Try moving across the ocean a few days before Christmas and actually being ready for Christmas :)  Nonetheless we managed to have the house decorated, gifts all delivered, tree up, and Christmas dinner to boot in our new house!  Santa/Father Christmas was still able to find the kids even with the recent move!  Hunter received an electric Guitar, Noah - a BMX bike, Abbie - a crib/feeding table for her baby dolls along with a sing along microphone, and PJ a Train table!