Christmas Eve 2008

First, we would like to wish all of our friends and family a Merry Christmas wherever they may be. Know that we are thinking about all of you.

The weather has finally taken a turn and instead of snow and ice we now have slush and flooded intersections. It has been a very crazy week here, but it appears that we are going to get back to our normal winter... rain, rain, and more rain.

We did break out of the neighborhood to head downtown for a Christmas Eve dinner at a French restaurant named Fenouil. Great dinner. And for an added bonus the pastry chef makes all-natural dog biscuits to give out to customers - only in Portland - but Charlie loved it. Below are a few pictures of Simone at 7 months and our sad little Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.

Happy Holidays!

The Storm Continues

The crazy weather continues in the Pacific Northwest. Saturday into Sunday we probably received 8 - 10 inches of snow followed by a coating of freezing rain. Charlie appears to enjoy the snow, but he didn't enjoy the frozen coating on the snow this morning. He would prop himself on the frozen surface until he the ice broke and then he would crash into the snow. We are expecting to be locked down for another day. We are keeping safe and warm.

Charlie standing on the frozen snow...

Check out that accumulation!

Simone and Charlie enjoying the winter weather.

Arctic Blast '08

Portland has been hit this week with a winter storm that the 3 snow plows in the county are not able to deal with. Sunday we were hit with 4" or so of snow that fell on top of rain which made for sheets of ice for roads. Today snow started falling this morning. Then comes the freezing rain, rain, and then more snow. Which again should make for sheets of ice for roads. Oh what fun.