It really has been ages since we last posted, so I thought I'd do a quick overview of other events over the last few months. Joe will do two updates fairly soon as well.
It feels like we've been going non stop since January, and overall, I think that's true.
In February my Grandma Marion cashed in her birthday present of a pizza dinner made by us along with our company. It was so much fun. We knew it would delight her, but didn't know that it would delight her to that extent. She reveled in having a meal prepared for her, celebrated the dressing, and chortled over the opportunity for leftovers. It was just great to please her so thoroughly. Afterward we hung out in her living room and she and I flipped through some of her old knitting catalogs. I think it was that interaction that launched me into my current knitting frenzy.
March was incredibly busy. We headed up to Puyallup for Elizabeth's 21st birthday, but she was thwarted and sick for her birthday. She stayed in Portland, but we had the weekend all free so we headed up and had a nice visit with the Evans side of the family.
The next weekend we went to Sunriver with our friends Megan and Steve. We rented a perfect condo with a wee round hot tub and a great little kitchen. We cross country skied, which Joe and I miss so much. This was Megan and Steve's second time skiing and they did an amazing job on a moderately complicated loop. They even braved hills that I chose to sit down on at the halfway point in order to slow myself down before continuing down the rest of the hill. We were pooped when we finished, but that made dinner that much better. That night we walked to the lodge for happy hour and had fabulous artichoke dip and a "winter warmer," which was quite tasty. It was a short weekend, but it felt quite luxurious.
The next weekend (see what I mean) we went to the coast for Kathryn and Virginia's birthday. I've known K & V since first grade and we've been buds ever since. Their whole family was there and it was great to see Ann and Jeff and Sarah (it was her birthday celebration as well!). The weather was horrific, but so horrific that it was fun rather than just disappointing. The wind blew so hard the window bulged in and the rain sounded like rocks hitting the window. We had a wonderful time inside anyway. In true K & V style, we filled our day with wholesome activities like "round the clock ping pong" where 3 to 5 people play and run around the table taking turns returning the ball to each other. When that got boring, we switched to one legged ping pong where teams of 2 had to hope on one leg through the whole game. We finally ended up playing musical round the clock ping pong, which is much like round the clock ping pong, except someone runs the music and periodically turns it off. The last one to have hit the ball is out. What happens when only two are left you ask? Well they hit the ball back and forth and spin around after they've hit of course!
Even though we've been busy, it's been a fabulous few months. I think I've brought you all up to date to the point where Joe will take over!
