Family. Joy. Love. Oregon.: Well. Hello.

Whoa. It has been awhile since my last post...but...I think I have very good reasons. Geoff whisked away our computer for a tune-up so it was gone for a week...then it has taking me a few weeks to figure out where everything is now. AND my adobe photoshop was removed from the hard drive but not replaced so I am trying to learn a new photo program and I am not loving it.

But enough excuses...let's back up some! We were all sick sick sick sick sick. That is one "sick" for each of the five straight weeks of strep, pink eye, stomach flu, and mysterious fevers were jumping from W to J. In fact, here is the first look of liveliness from W after six days of sleeping and fighting fevers...things were turning a corner...

or so we thought. Until a day and a half later when J started to feel bad. And did a whole lotta this:

But we managed to squeeze in a fun skiing trip to Lake Tahoe (even while J was still recovering). It is so beautiful there. It is the first time I have been skiing since 2005 so it was fun to try it again. I was thrilled that I managed blues all day without injury. There was the moment that I jumped off the chair lift though...and crashed. Some photos...no not photos of the jumping and crashing part.
Grammy and W watching the gondola from the condo:

I like these next two pictures of W and Aunt JJ-it's like they are discussing their ski gear:

W did an all-day ski school the first day. I couldn't believe that he let strangers take him away to a snowy mountain - but I think riding in a snowmobile had something to do with it.

Heading out to the slopes (poor J had to stay in the condo):

But it wasn't so rough. He got to draw and read books and have books read to him, snuggle with his grandparents and watch movies. Check out the train books they got to look at: