We're back from our trip to Oregon. We have lots of pictures to share, but I thought we'd start with last Tuesday night when we were trying to get ready for our road trip to Portland. The boys have been making so many great Thanksgiving projects, I wanted to show off their handy work.
Will the Turkey, Annemarie the Pilgrim and Jack the Native American. Jack kept calling his headdress a crown.
Yep, Will has a broken arm. Another playground casualty. It happened yesterday at school during recess. I got a call around lunchtime - the school secretary called to tell me Will had fallen off the play structure (if you ask Will he says "the wind blew me off"). They iced his wrist, it wasn't swollen and he wanted to go back to class and have lunch. When I picked him up that afternoon he was still moving his wrist around, but I could tell he was favoring it. So when Doug got home he took him to urgent care. Sure enough, it was broken. Will's a lefty and it's his left arm that's in the sweet, removable "Batman-like arm guard" cast. As you can he's not too upset by the whole incident. Four weeks and he should be as good as new!
Gus, Doug and Annemarie watching football
And in other exciting news...Jack and Will both got their ski passes for the season. Both are signed up for ski lessons this winter. At Big Mountain kids under 6 ski free, but they still recommend getting passes - if you could only see the pictures, they are hilarious! Jack kept looking away from the camera or blinking and Will would not sit up straight so it looks like he has no neck. They are both excited for the snow to start falling and the skiing to begin! 
Seems how my first blog entry ever was about skiing, it only seems fitting that my second blog entry be about golf. I spent my birthday weekend this year on a golf trip to Bandon Dunes in Oregon. We had a great time, great weather and I even managed to make a little money at the poker table in the evening. Here are some pictures from the trip.
Me on the 18th hole at Pacific Dunes.
Hole #12 at Bandon Dunes.
Dan and his caddy looking for his drive on #2 at Bandon Trails.
(Left to right) Me, Mike Tarantino, Dan Lozar, Mike Clear, Jordan Peterson, Eric Weakley, Bob Davies, and Jason Hunt.Here's a quick video of Annemarie in her jumper/activity center. Nothing too exciting, she's just so much fun right now!
It still feels like Halloween around here. The boys are still wearing their costumes as well as the Spider-Man and Batman costumes from last year. They're sharing pretty well and I do like the Spider-Man with the Batman cape and mask combo. Jack has informed me he wants to be a pirate next year and Will wants to be an astronaut. I guess we'll have to wait a year and find out.
It's funny how out here there's always a chance of snow. No matter what time of year. It wasn't that cold this morning when I took Will to school. No rain, and it was probably around 40 degrees. We took a quick mid-day trip to Kalispell and by the time we got back home the ground was covered in snow. 
I just recently completed my first sweater. It's Annemarie's size, but I figured I should start small and work from there. When I was in California my cousin Cara's daughter Anna had the cutest knit sweater. Come to find out it was not only handmade it was "vintage", it was Cara's when she was a baby. This little sweater was my inspiration and I'm so proud I finished this project! I've been taking a weekly knitting class so I had a lot of help, especially when it came to putting everything together. I plan to knit a few more pint size items and then move on to a sweater for me.
