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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Snow!

It has been snowing for over a week, and we are covered in a couple of feet of snow. It is so pretty. We have been stuck at home for a few days now, and we are all quite ready to get out.

My sister Charis was here for about a week during the storm, which was fun. Since it wasn't safe to drive either of our cars (hers or mine) we rode SAM and TriMet and went shopping around Gresham and Portland. Fun times! (except the two+ hour ride on the MAX from Portland to Gresham because of frozen switches!)




Our house, covered in snow!


Looking down our street--Dubarko heading West. We haven't seen pavement for a few days, now.


Yesterday we tried to go sledding with Zac, but he just cried. He didn't like it so much. :-(



Our garage door has been frozen shut, and our driveway covered in a couple feet of snow, so yesterday Jeremy spent over four hours shoveling, and another four hours today! I guess this is when a huge driveway is not so nice! He is quite sore, but we are finally unstuck! Thank you, Jeremy! Today he dug the truck out of the snow, and put chains on. Unfortunately, we don't own chains for the Jetta.

Our Christmas Tree

Saturday, December 7th, we drove up the mountain with our friends Jeff and Tracy to find the perfect Christmas Tree from the National Forest. We bought a pass for $5, and hiked up into the trees. It was a beautiful day -- we were all bundled up for December weather on the mountain, but we were all quite warm even without coats and hats!


Setting up and decorating the tree. (Zac was asleep in bed by the time we finished.)