Hello! I'm back! I wish I had a decent excuse for my absence, but I don't. We weren't overwhelmingly busy, we weren't on a long vacation, we weren't going through some life-altering drama, I just didn't feel like writing I guess. I won't bore you with all the details of life since my little hiatus, just a few highlights.
A few weeks ago Dan and I took a long weekend to visit some friends in Southern California. A racing teammate of Dan's moved to LA last year with his wife and daughter so we hung out with them for Friday and Saturday. They took us to a viewpoint to check out the sprawling city, and so I took the typical tourist shot of the Hollywood sign.
Ken (Dan's friend) is an avid surfer and he volunteered to take us out on the waves and teach us a few things. I didn't fare so well. I got thrashed around quite a bit and after ingesting about a gallon of water (mostly through my nose) and bashing my head against the board and the ocean floor I chose the role of photographer instead. Isn't my husband cute in his wet suit?
Saturday afternoon we hopped on the Amtrak Surfliner and took it down near San Diego to meet up with Ryan, a college friend of Dan's. We enjoyed strolling along the beaches and even went home with a slight sunburn, but I'm not complaining!
I splurged and bought myself a beachy hat which Dan caught in this photo.
We're a long way from the beach now though. This weekend Portland was hit with a winter storm. To my midwestern eyes it seemed pretty mild, but the WHOLE city shut down. We had a snow day on Friday and Monday. We got about 6 inches of snow and then a sheet of ice on top of that. The city doesn't have the infrastructure we're used to in the midwest. There are very few snowplows and salt trucks. Add to that a ton of hills and I can understand why the city shut down. I snapped these photos shortly after I got home on Thursday afternoon.
On Sunday we received these emergency warnings on our phones.
We're hoping to be back to normal by tomorrow. I, for one, will be grateful to get back to work...I kinda miss my kiddos, haha.
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