The Gales of November Remember

It's been less than a month since my last post--not so bad! It's been busy to say the least. Lots of teaching, lots of advising, lots of work. Last time I posted we were headed to Portland. We had a really good time there, but for some reason I didn't take any pictures....who knows. We ate well and explored the city more than we had in the past. We also found the neighborhood we'd like to be idle rich in....now to win the lotto--it might help if we actually played it.

Lately we've been up to some nesting activity--painting, cleaning, rearranging furniture, etc. We move the dining room and at some point I should make a video of how it's all layed out now, but the dining room now looks like this:


Jeff has also been cultivating some facial hair. We went mushrooming last weekend and Jeff's beard helped with the mood of the northern Idaho woods:


This weekend we went up to Coeur d'Alene to visit Chris and Sharon and meet their new spawn. Their previous spawn, Silas, has a sweet little drum set which Jeff spent some time playing with (note, this is toddler size):


They fit Silas better:


Finally, Willow. It's hard to get good pics of squirmy babies.


Mom and Bill are headed here at the end of this week. We shall cavort in the Palouse and then head to Eugene for Turkey day.