Oops, I already missed a day this year.
April 25
I never noticed how pretty the flowers are in the spring on the Horse Chestnut tree in my yard, until our housemate took a picture earlier this week!
Oops, I already missed a day this year.
April 25
I never noticed how pretty the flowers are in the spring on the Horse Chestnut tree in my yard, until our housemate took a picture earlier this week!
April 23
These beautiful roses are at my boss's house. I love the bright colors.
Sarah finished her cake today! Didn't she do a great job?
April 22
Sarah is still working on her cake decorating honor for Pathfinders. She has two more cakes to finish. A special occasion cake with flowers, and a specialty cake done with stars. She's starting on her specialty cake tonight.
April 21
Today is one year since I restarted this project! I did pretty good, only missing a few days here and there. Yes, Ann, I'll keep on going!
Moat of the Pathfinder staff, as well as a couple of our teen Pathfinders, took a CPR class at the church tonight. The teacher was great, making the class both informative and fun!
April 17
The only picture I took today was a sneaky one of the guy in front of me at the grocery store. His express lane order... I had 6 items.
April 16
Out to dinner with friends for Jen's birthday. Willing Heart plus a sister and a daughter (who took this picture so isn't in it).
April 15
Asalia forgot her sash at Pathfinders. Again. Lol (I needed a picture of it for updating her records anyway!)
April 11
Today we drove down to San Francisco to start at a friend's house overnight so we could get an early start to a fun day on Sunday at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Marine World).
The weather was perfect, which was funny because it was pouring rain in the Rogue Valley but as soon as we crossed into California, it looked like this:
April 10
Had to go help a friend try to limp her car home this stemming, but had to end up pulling over again to get towed the rest of the way. She noticed and thought it was funny that the house we pulled over in front of was #911.
April 7
I was right. These rainbow veggie skewers were SO good!
Red grape tomatoes
Red bell pepper
Orange bell pepper
Yellow bell pepper
Yellow squash
Green bell pepper
Green zucchini
Purplish red onion
Purple potatoes
Crimini (baby portobello) mushrooms (OK, so those don't fit the rainbow, but they were amazing!)
Marinated in olive oil, garlic, balsamic vinegar, and salt before skewering and roasting in the oven at 425 for about 17 minutes. So, so good!
March 29
Today was a blast! We went on an historic train from Hood River down to Parkdale, only 10 miles from the base of Mt Hood. They did an old time western show about whiskey bootleggers trying to smuggle whiskey on the train. We had a fantastic lunch at Solera Brewery - a really nice wild rice veggie burger they make right there. I even found a letterbox not far from where the train stops. On the way home, we had dinner with my brother and his wife, then almost got locked inside a cemetery in Oregon City, going after another letterbox too close to dusk.
March 28
A beautiful but drizzly day along the Columbia Gorge. We drove over to Multnomah Falls, did some more letterboxing, went to the Cascade Locks, the Bonneville Dam, the fish hatchery, and just had fun.
March 22
The pathfinder club is working on the booth for the upcoming Pathfinder Fair. Here's Hannah adding a bit to the "sun" for our space theme Model Rocketry display.
March 27
Busy week this week, getting everything caught up before we head out for a fun anniversary weekend trip. Someplace different this year, rather than the Oregon Coast like always. This year we're heading to Hood River, along the Columbia Gorge. Never been there before, but it sounded like fun! We left early Friday morning so I could do some letterboxing on the way to Portland. Our first stop was at a little cemetery in Grants Pass.
March 23
Someone dumped grass clippings over the fence for the animals next door. Silly donkeys wouldn't get out of the way, so they got dumped on.