January

 January had some fun and interesting adventures.  Here is a glimpse of what we did:

Julian was ordained a Teacher in the Priesthood at our church.  Townsend and Emerson were able to be there for the ordination, I love having my family all together:)

A dead whale washed up on the beach near Astoria, OR.  We went out to see for ourselves.  It was a juvenile sperm whale, pretty big and impressive.  It looks as if it got caught up in the motor of a passing ship, there were big slash marks on its side...super sad, but also kind of cool to see up close

After we saw the whale we walked along the beach for a while and we couldn't resist the cool clouds and great scenery for this picture of Julain

Molly Shaw (on the left) got a bunch of us together to go for a hike, we explored Lacamas park. It was cold but the sun came out every once in a while and at least it wasn't raining!

The same group of ladies got together the following week to do the 10 falls hike at Silver Falls State Park. This is such a great hike in the winter because all the waterfalls are spectacular!

We picked up the twins for their birthday weekend.  We started with a yummy german dinner at Otto's and Anita's.  The food was ok but not as good as the Biergarten (which closed down recently 😞) 

After dinner we had tickets to see the magic/comedy show Penn & Teller.  It was lots of fun:)

My twins are 19!!!

Julian had a day off of school at the end of the first semester so I took him and some friends to Mt. Hood to go tubing.  It even snowed for a bit, which was pretty magical.

At the Ratskeller restaurant in Government Camp after tubing.  I think Julian had a great time with his friends, I love that he has such a great group of people to hang out with