Snow Days!

Portland saw record setting snow this past week... 10 inches fell in the space of just a few hours on Wednesday afternoon, making Thursday and Friday snow days for pretty much everyone who didn't have to go out. Here are a few photos, mostly of Fig playing in the snow. 

And speaking of Fig, she got another good report card this week from her doggy daycare, Mother Pupper.

San Juan Islands Weekend

We spent a long weekend visiting some of Washington State's islands - Whidbey, Fidalgo, and San Juan to be specific. Click here for photos.  Pictured above is the light house at Lime Kiln State Park on San Juan Island, which looks out over the Salish Sea to Vancouver Island, Canada. The photo below is from Deception Pass State Park which links Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands. We saw lots of wildlife - seals, eagles, deer, and a black fox, but no whales this trip. 

In other adventures, Drew and Grace were in San Diego attending the wedding of Drew's good friend, Grace, from OSU. Congratulations to Grace & Nathan! 

Winter Lights and more

Click here for photos from our evening exploring the annual Portland Winter Lights Festival and silent disco. The festival's light displays are spread across both sides of downtown, so there was lots of see. 

And click here for additional photos taken throughout January and February, when we were hiking, skiing (which in Drew's case, led to an unfortunate broken wrist), and moving into a new house.

Pat managed to squeeze in a trip to Sri Lanka to conduct some training just before our move and got to dive with friends from Island Scuba. 

And while we're not fully settled in our new place, our progress is reasonably good!