Cascade AIDS Project-AIDS walk

John, Hadley and I are taking part in the AIDS walk this Sunday in downtown Portland.  Our goal is for each person on our team to raise $100.  So far John and I have raised $75.  If you would like to donate to the cause you can CLICK HERE TO GO TO MY DONATION PAGE.  [...]

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Beating the heat

The temperture on Tuesday reached 106 degrees, on Wednesday it was another 106 degree day and today we had a “cool down” and it only reached 96.  This is virtually unheard of for Portland.  In fact the all time record high–ever–for Portland is 107.  The 7 day outlook is more promising in the fact that [...]

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Summer Fun

We had a beautiful weekend forecast for the Portland area with temps in the mid-80′s.  On Thursday night I went to a grand opening of one of John’s clients in town that sells beautiful leather handbags. Check out Ellington Leather Goods if you get a chance, I ended up buying a perfect weekender/work bag for [...]

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And we’re back!

I know it’s been a long time since I have last updated.  It’s crazy to say that “not much has happened”, but we’ve been on a smooth roll for quite some time now.  With the exception of a trip to the ER for Hadley last week for what I was convinced was the Swine Flu–but [...]

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Quiet Easter Weekend

Last year my parents were out here on Easter and of course Mary and the (Justin) McPhee’s made the trip for Christmas.  Most every other holiday we spend with my brother and sister in law either in Eugene, or up here in Portland.  But we usually spend them together.  This year Scott and Jenn had [...]

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REI Used Gear Sale

A couple of times each year REI holds a used gear sale for its members. This sale contains a huge number of items ranging from small items, like bike headlights or tiny pieces to your Yakima car rack, to large items, like tents, bikes and everything you need to head to Mt. Hood for a [...]

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Another Christmas gone by…

This Christmas we were so fortunate that we were able to share it with family from Minnesota. John’s mom came out as well as John’s older brother’s family. We enjoyed Christmas with a nearly 5 year old and an 18 month old in addition to our little spitfire. Hadley had an absolute blast. She adores [...]

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SANTA!!!

On Saturday we braved “Arctic Blast 2008″ and headed to the nearest mall to give Hadley her time with Santa.  I was nervous to start with because of the roads.  It has been very snowy and slippery here this week (we’ve had 14 inches of snow and it’s still snowing!) and Portlanders aren’t necessarily prepared [...]

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Portland Snow Day!!

We don’t get a lot of snow here in the Pacific Northwest, so when we do, it is a big deal.  Yesterday we woke up yesterday morning at 7:00 to the snow falling.  It was beautiful! The real story here though is the temperatures.  The high for today is 29 degrees.  That’s pretty par for [...]

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Quick update….

….as I’m sure you are all checking this blog daily after I promised some super awesome blog posts. We’ve been keeping busy, that’s for sure.  John was out of town for a conference for most of last week.  It was perfect timing, as I believe Hadley is teething again.  Yes, that would be tooth number [...]

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