Preston turned 13! He had the boys in his class plus a couple other close friends from the neighborhood - Jasper and Caleb.
We did a box construction project and the boys did a great job!
First snow on the mountains (light dusting at our house in the morning), a fire in the fireplace.
Visible each night after sunset the second half of the month. Really cool to see.
Abbie captures this one - May 22, 2024
Major solar flare eruptions on the sun allowed the the lower 48 to see northern lights may 10, 2024. Hunter, PJ and I got up around 11:30 pm to see them. We heard they peaked around 2 am that night. By the next night they were all gone.
I had picked up these knives for the boys and one for me from one of my favorite small online businesses - Thunder Crow/Creek Stewart.
A little rainy/snowy/cold today so PJ, Noah and I built our knives today. (Hunter will have to do his when he comes home at some point:).
Here is what comes in the kit:
We started by carving and sanding the handle.
We then uses the resin the fix the blade in the notch, did some burning on the handle to decorate, put some oil on the handles and did the final twine wrap to keep the blade in.
This weekend there has been a deep cold snap across the northwest!
Hunter is near a town called Augusta Montana and they had temps down to -57 F. They had fun throwing hot water inter the air watching it instantly freeze.
Kelly and Abbie were in Portland this weekend. It usually just rains in the winter but they had temps down below zero with windchill and snow on the ground!
PJ, Noah and I were in Bend. We also had some cold temps -6/7 F all day on Saturday with over 12 inches of snow. Still cold today in single digits (around 5) so a little warmer and sun!
Mountains are getting snow but just rain in town (along with sun). Full rainbow with partial double rainbow!
It’s a little early (Oct 25)
and it won’t last but fun to see.