After the Christmas holiday merriment of lots of family, food and fun – we slipped away for a little family foursome R&R to my parents house in Bend. On the way there Clare demanded sledding, snowball fights, snowmen building and lots of playing in the snow. Well, our dry Oregon winter got the best of her plans, and we arrived in Bend to (cold) sunny skies and dry ground.
So we went hiking, both in Bend and at Smith Rock State Park. We went swimming at the Community Center. We watched movies and read books. We slept in, relaxed, and snuggled. We cooked a little bit, ate out a little bit, and tried to recover from the whirlwind that was Christmas. It was good.
Per Clare’s request, we did drive up the Mountain looking for snow. At the very top we found a little bit of snow. Just enough icy, crusty, old snow for the kids to stomp around on, leave footprints, throw snow (ice) balls and do a little bit of sledding.
Clare was especially happy.