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| Three of our great-nephews
We enjoyed seeing quite a few of Carlton's family for Christmas.
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It's the 12th day of Christmas, and this letter hasn't been written yet. You are going to hear about our year in reverse, because that is the way the pictures loaded. And I hope you can overlook the clumsy format. I never have figured out how to make blogger put things where I want them.
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| Our neighbor had his poplars cut down. We were given the trees for firewood. That meant a really busy week getting the wood into small enough pieces to move, and getting it out of the neightbor's yard. But we are grateful. |
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Ruth likes to do this event out at Hagg Lake called the Epic Grind. A 3 mile "race" with about
10 obstacles inserted along the way. This raft made of intertubes is really quite challenging to
get across. The tubes get wet and quite slippery.
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| Ruth has been hosting "nature walks" on Sunday afternoons. On this day, the boy in our group got a couple of girls that came along on their bicycles interested in a slug. |
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In August, a group from our church went to
Sun Valley Indian School in Arizona and spent
a week serving in a variety of ways. These
fellows are working on an addition to a dining hall.
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My friend Melissa was training for a marathon this
summer, and wanted company for her long runs.
So I took my bicycle a few times and joined her
on the Banks to Vernonia trail. It is a truly
beautiful place to get some exercise. Here she
is crossing the trestle at mile 12 on her 15 mile
day. She did great.
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Elijah (our exchange student "grandson") and his
father Cliff were here mid-summer for a while.
It was great fun to see them again after they have
been in Hawaii for a year. We went to
Independence for the fireworks show, and
Elijah (true to his nature) wasted no time getting
to the water. He collected a whole bag of
shells of some sort.
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| Hummingbird
Ruth has been trying to take pictures of birds
this year. A few of them turn out ok.
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| I rode along with the some of the young people that went to Baker City this spring to Run to the Ruts. The Ruts are the Oregon Trail Ruts of course, and we got to enjoy the Oregon Trail Interpretative Center as well. |
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We had a fun family day on Easter, the weather was great and we enjoyed a rather creative
game of croquet. I got my ball stuck in the mulch trap.
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| It snowed a couple times this winter, The March snow came by day, but the January snow came at midnight. It was worth a picture. |
