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.