After the snow storm, we wanted to get out of the house and do something fun. Jennifer suggested the Portland Zoo, somewhere we had yet to explore. It was a

little on the chilly side, but nice, because there weren’t many people there. We began exploring and were very impressed by the zoo. Quentin had a great time to. The animals there are amazing. There are several animals at this zoo that we hadn’t had

the chance to get so close to any where else. After the zoo, we headed over to the Rose Garden to watch the Portland Lumberjax, the cities professional Lacrosse team.

We got some great club level seats from a local supplier to Kiewit. I was actually impressed by the game. Never watching the game before, I was surprised by all of the

similarities to hockey. The entire family had a great time, and Quentin got a ball from one of the ball boys. He was super excited and can’t wait for the next game so he can have it autographed by the team.
We finished the weekend by watching the Bears spank the Saints. GO BEARS. My team finally heads to the superbowl!!!!

It has been a couple months since the last update. Not much has happened. The holidays were fine and nice to have two long weekends in a row off. We didn’t do much, just relaxed and watched the Bears play some football. Quentin is doing fine,

he enjoyed his vacation time off and most recently, playing in the snow. Jennifer and I had to work the entire time, so not much to report there.
The most exciting thing that has been going on is the weather. It first started with

incredible windstorms throughout the Northwest. Most recently it has been the snow. Yes, snow. At elevation 50 you would think that snow wouldn’t come that often. We have had back to back snow storms that have completely messed up Portland. When it snows in the Northwest it also brings ice and freezing rain. The combination makes

for interesting driving conditions. Yesterday we got 4 inches of snow. It doesn’t sound like much, in fact, in Denver we would consider that a dusting. The difference is the ice that comes with it. Yesterday the freeway systems shut down, city busses were caught off guard and stuck everywhere, schools were cancelled, and Portland had a mandatory chain law all around town. I know, it was only 4 inches. I am slowly getting adjusted to the Northwest storm mentality, rain good, snow bad.