Spring Break!

On the Friday before Brian's spring break his school was delayed due to snow.



The snow was beautiful...but didn't make it seem very spring-like.



First we drove to Bend to visit Grandma and Grandpa Ross. Grandpa Ross was a natural with Renee's iPhone.



We spent most of our time relaxing - Olive made herself home on Grandpa's lap.



Renee and Grandma kept busy doing puzzles.



When we returned to sunshine in Portland! But we were only home for a few days before going to visit the beach town of Manzanita.



There is a spectacular view of Manzanita as you drive over the point. It would be the last we would see of the sun!



Olive was very intrigued by the ocean smell.



I'm not sure who got more exercise on the beach...Olive or Renee (look closely).



We stayed with a couple that runs the Finnesterre Gallery. They have a beautiful house that they designed and built and were excellent hosts all around! This was their living room.



A pretty cool chandelier they had above their dining table.



Here is the shop - they have been showing Renee's paintings for quite a while now. The shop is a well organized and decorated as the house :)


On the way hoe we took a short walk in the woods.


We found a big tree!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! I walked out of the apartment the other day and saw this brand new graffiti on a storefront. An illegal proposal maybe?



One of Brian's jobs at school was to read over all the valentine's cards his leadership class was going to deliver as a fundraiser. It was an entertaining night to say the least. Ah, teenage love! I like to call this one, "Let's meat"...which could mean a greeting, or a steak dinner.

(side note: if you haven't even met someone, can they really be the love of your life?)



I call this one, "indecisive"




This one is just...well it just is.


Happy Valentine's day all!

Sun & Onions

The last four days have been beautiful and sunny here in the NW! Brian had Thursday off so we took Olive to a dog park downtown. This is a view from the park, looking out at the I-5 bridge.



Renee hates having her eyes water when she cuts onions. Fortunately she has a very creative husband who suggested an effective way to stop it from happening.



Mmmmmmm...onion soup!

After Olives Bath!

Olive goes a bit crazy after she gets a bath. Here is a video from her last after bath time!

After X-Mas trip!

After X-mas we took a trip to the sunny coast (and by sunny I mean foggy, cold and rainy)



We went antiquing on our way there. Brian's favorite find was a guy who was sell REALLY old unopened pill bottles. There was an entire room of shelves like this! We aren't sure it's legal...



Here's a view from our room. This was about as clear as it got. We enjoyed staying indoors, dining at local restaurants and playing card games!

It's beginning to look a lot like X-mas

I'm not sure if the UPS guy is fed up with us yet - he's been making trips to our apartment all week! YOWZERS! Thanks everyone! We're in danger of covering up our mini tree (or Renee). We're still waiting on Ingrid's box though...I wonder why we haven't gotten anything from her yet...