SNOW!!!!!

It snowed ALL day in Beaverton Oregon! That never happens here! I am keeping my fingers crossed that school will be cancelled tomorrow! It REALLY looks like Christmas now!

I spent the day wrapping presents and cooking warm food. I made a great chicken soup, muffins for school and two kinds of cookies! I am starting to loose my Idaho gene because I was scared to drive in the snow, I was afraid I would slide out of my driveway and hit one of my neighbors cars. Aaron had a slippery drive home from work, but I was glad to see he stopped to buy a shovel! New homeowners never have the supplies they need! oops! We played in the snow for a little bit, but we decided that 25 degrees was too cold and I don't have a winter coat!

***No husbands were injured in this activity. ( Notice the lack of a bamboo stick)***

I have always LOVED the snow! Every year I always run around the house and look out all the windows to make sure I can see the best view of the snow! It seems almost magical to me, especially the first snow. I am much more appreciative of snow now since I don't see very much of it in Portland! It looks so calming and peaceful! At least that is how I feel after the child like excitement of seeing it!

New Hair Cut!

I only get my hair cut about two or three times a year and I usually spend the time between cuts trying to convince myself that I like my hair or complaining that I don't like it!This time I really like it! I have bangs for the first time in 10 years and the new cut looks great with my curls! Here is a picture of Aaron and I (and my new hair) on our way to my staff Christmas Party!

Thanksgiving

We forgot to take pictures during Thanksgiving, but we did have a great time! Aaron's mom Marva flew out to visit us for Thanksgiving and we were very thankful to see her! We all had something to cook for dinner, Marva did the turkey, Aaron did the stuffing and sweet potato pie, and I did the mashed potatoes (of course) the asparagus, the frog eye salad, and the gravy! It was a great dinner. I went shopping with my friend Sandy at the Outlet mall on "Black Friday"! We started at 11:00PM on Thursday night and boy was it CRAZY! It took us an hour to get off the interstate onto the exit ramp, then we had to park on the other side of the overpass and walk to the mall in the rain. We shopped until 3:30AM, ate at Arby's and then got home at about 4:30, we could have hit Target and Walmart, but we were done after our 4 hours of shopping! I love to watch the crazy people on that day!

Aaron got up and went shopping at 6:00AM and then we all three went shopping again that evening! I was shopped out! We saw the new James Bond and Transporter 3! Marva enjoyed seeing our house for the first time even though the bed was not the most comfortable! We REALLY enjoyed seeing her! We miss you Marva!

Holiday Decorating

We have decided that we really need a new camera, OR we should stop doing important "memorable" activities at night! Every time we take a picture of something cool we are doing it is at night and the picture sucks! But I guess that is a funny quirk about us! Examples include Aaron working on the patio, me decorating the house for Halloween and finally the two of us finishing the Christmas lights on our BIG tree in the front yard!



Tools: a ladder, a bamboo stick, a husband, some Christmas lights, and a really big tree. I am sure you are already laughing at the thought of us working in the dark and drizzling rain with our "tools". We were doing well until we got higher up in the tree. My problem solving skills are a lot like my moms, just whack it around a little until it does what you want it to do! That strategy was working for a while but when we were almost finished I couldn't get the lights untangled and then I was whacking the stick around and the next thing you know it came loose and I accidentally hit Aaron on top of the head with my bamboo stick! :o) I apologized a billion times and then got off my ladder and showed Aaron (and I guess the neighbors too) my mad karate skills that I learned from watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a kid! I am SURE he was TOTALLY impressed, especially after having felt those mad skills square on his head! OOPS! Anyway here is another bad "night vision" picture of our Holiday decorations!


Merry Christmas!

Our House

This is a slide show I made of our house! We are so excited to finally be in a house!!! We are making changes here and there, but we REALLY love having a house! Enjoy!

Tagged

I was tagged by Keri to post the 4th picture in my 4th folder! I decided that I have to take more pictures! All of my pics are of random things! I think that will be my new goal: take more and better pictures! Anyway here is my picture! A shot of the Gorge from a wedding I went to at Bridal Veil Lake! It was such a beautiful wedding!

Election Day!

I am so happy about the outcome of this years presidential election! When he was the projected winner I started jumping and cheering and then as the night went on and I thought about the meaning of this election and heard his speech I began to cry!I have never been so into politics! I have just been completely inspired and revved up about the idea of CHANGE! I drove 2 hours to Eugene to a rally, where I waited in line for an hour and didn't get in because there were so many people who wanted to hear OBAMA speak. He ended up giving an "encore" like speech to those of us who gathered outside in the outdoor stadium before he went in to address the people who actually made it in! I purchased yard signs, a car magnet and a t-shirt, and I even volunteered to help register people to vote! I had many options to help the OBAMA campaign but I thought that registering people to vote was the most "non-partisan" way to help! I am hopeful about the future of America, and about how far we have come as a country! I hope my participation in American politics continues long into the future! It feels good to be an active participant instead of just someone who wishes better for the country! I have enjoyed listening to the inspiring speeches by Barack Obama especially his speech on race in America. The election has been tough and very divisive I hope as a country we can come together to make a difference and move forward in a positive direction! YES WE CAN!

I know Aaron is glad the election is over! He can finally have his wife back instead of loosing her to CNN and long loud political conversations with her mom and anyone else who will listen!!