Snow?

We have been hearing about snow coming for the last 4 days, and low and behold it's here! We woke up this morning to a blanket of white and it is beautiful. Before I was able to wrap my head around the fact that I am living somewhere where it snows the kids where downstairs playing in it. They said this makes moving "totally worth it!". We should have snow for the next day our own personal winter wonderland. Enjoy!

Family & Friends

Since my last post there have been many changes around here. Lorna and her boyfriend Daniel have moved to Portland. They arrived on the 27th of October. We loved it when she was staying with us in Walnut Creek and having her living in the same city is just as good. The kids love spending time with their Auntie and Johnathan and I are just thrilled to have her here! Chuck and Jen also drove up that same week and spent a long weekend with us! We had so much fun. Good times were abundant! Jen got in touch with her inner Wonder Woman, while finding time to make out with everybody's favorite green hero. What a girl. We visited the Burnside Skate park (one of Tony Hawk's favorites), and strolled around Portland's Saturday Market. The visit went by way to quickly but we are anxiously awaiting to see them again.

Pumpkin Patching

Some good friends of Becky's live very near our home, the Roloff's. She was not only friends but neighbors of the TLC family. Well I am pleased to say that we are now the new friends/neighbors of the Roloff's and the kids and I decided to pay their farm a visit and pick up some pumpkins while we were there. We left the house on Friday afternoon, it was so sunny and warm, nothing at all what I anticipated for pumpkin picking in Oregon. We drove through a rural part of Hillsboro to the farm. It was so picturesque. It almost seemed like a painting in certain places. Once we arrived we were greeted by a friendly Amy Roloff and proceeded to the pumpkin patch where the kids and I were determined to find perfect, plump, pumpkins. An hour later we carried out four pumpkins and headed home. Once home, the pumpkins, that seemed average size on a huge farm were larger than expected. No worries we had dad carry them up stairs! We are looking forward to carving them up and giving our pumpkins perky personality.