Dinner at Kumi's

Here are three good pictures from the dinner at Kumi's. The first is a picture that Celeste and I definitely thought wouldn't turn out...at all. But it DID! Our necks were craning up and our stomachs were about to explode but it was still a good picture. The second picture is for Jason's sake. The man with the glasses: yes, that is Tim Leatherman. The FOUNDER of Leatherman. Next to him with the white hair is his wife who has the coolest name ever: Chau Leatherman (pronounced Cho). And the third is just a great picture I wanted to include of mom and dad. Enjoy!

Babushka

It was great to have Grandpa and Mary Jean come down to visit (sorry Jason and Lindsay that you weren't here, just pretend you are next to me and in front of Grandpa). Our Ukrainian/Romanian neighbors came over to talk to them about the Ukraine. He told them, "Don'tuh drustuh duh peepl!" (What he meant by that was that citizens are also professional pick-pocketers.) We had a lovely visit together and shared some of the music from the Christmas Program. It was great!

Multnomah Falls

As all of us would agree, the Columbia River Gorge is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Multnomah Falls was absolutely spectacular with all the added water from the snow. We were DRENCHED after standing down below just to take pictures. I can't imagine what it would have been like to hike up to the bridge!

The Girls o' the Fam!

In The Snow

I think we would all agree that the snow was very unexpected but very fun indeed. There were great things about the snow that allowed for some great memories: the trek out to Bonnie's for the men of the family (very memorable I'm sure) and the intense eskimo decking-outness of Saren and me to play for a few moments outside in the blizzard .