Aaaaand - the t-shirt I had to wear to get the free tickets. (Some of you will know I went to UW - I totally realize this is a bit blasphemous - but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do!)
Monday, December 27, 2010
My First Football Game - UW vs. the Ducks
I went to my first football game this fall. That's right - first football game. Ever. We have some friends who are huge Ducks fans - and they had an extra pair of tickets to the UW/U of O game earlier this fall. Here's a shot from our box way up high in the stands
Aaaaand - the t-shirt I had to wear to get the free tickets. (Some of you will know I went to UW - I totally realize this is a bit blasphemous - but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do!)
Aaaaand - the t-shirt I had to wear to get the free tickets. (Some of you will know I went to UW - I totally realize this is a bit blasphemous - but a girl's got to do what a girl's got to do!)
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas!!! (and some Christmas Eve pics too!)
For Christmas Eve Thor and I went out snowshoeing up near Mt. Hood - we went to Trillium Lake, and it was packed with people! We immediately abandoned the trail in favor of heading off into the woods by ourselves with the dogs (Laea - and our friend, Emily's, dog Coop). We spent a good portion of the walk throwing snow balls for the dogs - which Laea especially liked to snap at in the air.
A snowball in my mitten - and Laea anxiously awaiting the throw.
But Coop got to it first and started to eat it out of my mitten. That's what Laea gets for being patient!
Thor - smiling to be headed on our way back to the car. We both had a bit of a cold over the weekend so we weren't up for doing too much trail breaking through the snow.
We capped off the adventure with a soak in our backyard (Thank you Sheri!) - it was a nice way to round out the afternoon before heading out for Christmas Eve dinner at our friends, Margi & Scott's, house.
A shot of the tree all lit up.
I got a new bike for Christmas (yay!) - so despite our colds Thor and I rallied and headed out for an afternoon of mountain biking with our friend Laurie. The weather report had called for rain, but it was clear and unusually warm for December - the riding was perfect!
Here I am with my new bike - I think I'm demonstrating how to go off a jump here (please note I'm showing exceptionally poor form here, and I don't, actually, know how to go off jumps!)
Thor & I on Christmas Day - 2010! Here's to many more Christmas adventures together!
Laea - poised for the next great snowball.
Thor getting ready to throw a stick for Coop & Laea.
A snowball in my mitten - and Laea anxiously awaiting the throw.
But Coop got to it first and started to eat it out of my mitten. That's what Laea gets for being patient!
Thor - smiling to be headed on our way back to the car. We both had a bit of a cold over the weekend so we weren't up for doing too much trail breaking through the snow.
We capped off the adventure with a soak in our backyard (Thank you Sheri!) - it was a nice way to round out the afternoon before heading out for Christmas Eve dinner at our friends, Margi & Scott's, house.
Merry Christmas! We woke up and lit a fire to toast up the room while we opened presents.
A shot of the tree all lit up.
I got a new bike for Christmas (yay!) - so despite our colds Thor and I rallied and headed out for an afternoon of mountain biking with our friend Laurie. The weather report had called for rain, but it was clear and unusually warm for December - the riding was perfect!
Here I am with my new bike - I think I'm demonstrating how to go off a jump here (please note I'm showing exceptionally poor form here, and I don't, actually, know how to go off jumps!)
Thor & I on Christmas Day - 2010! Here's to many more Christmas adventures together!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Winter Wonderland Lights at PIR!
It's the holiday time of year again! Last year Thor and I visited the Winter Wonderland bike lights up at PIR - and it was soooooo cold! Tonight we headed up for this year's bike only evening, and it was much better....until it started raining at the beginning of our second lap around the track! At least it was about 20 degrees warmer than last year.
Despite the rain we had a great time spinning around the track together, and continued our tradition we started last year of belting out the 12 Days of Christmas at the top of our lungs while cruising past the light displays. Fun times.
Despite the rain we had a great time spinning around the track together, and continued our tradition we started last year of belting out the 12 Days of Christmas at the top of our lungs while cruising past the light displays. Fun times.
3 French Hens: You can just barely see the Eiffel Tower in blue that the hens are perched on.
Sheri Shoots Through PDX
Sheri came to visit us on a blitz trip through PDX in early December - it was so great to see her and show her our house! We took Friday off from work and rolled out to the Hood River area to do a crisp, cold weather hike across the river on the WA side. It was chilly - but dry - and we had a beautiful day out hiking around.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Thanksgiving Weekend with Daphne
Daphne came to visit over Thanksgiving weekend - it was such a treat to see her! We had a very low key weekend - and went to the coast on Saturday - here are some pictures from our afternoon on the beach!
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