A Few Days Off

Our funny shot from today.....



Bill & Ryan were both off this last week for Spring Break. While we just had two weeks away from here, it was not a vacation by any means. So, while we spent the last few weeks catching up, we decided we still needed some down time. While I was scheduled to have the whole week off, we decided it best to cancel that idea, and just have a few days off.

Mon-Wed, Bill & Ryan worked on wood (the shed is empty!), while I worked. Even Kristin helped some. She was excited that she is finally big enough to keep the tractor running, so she could drive the loaded trailer full of wood to the shed, dump it, and head back for another!

Bill got his grades, and being off two weeks did hurt them, but not as bad as he feared. He still ended up with 3 B's and 2 A's....not bad for 18 credits, and two weeks off the week before finals. It was tough catching up, but we are all very proud of him for a job well done! Ryan too, had a lot to catch up on, and although he has one class to complete some work in, the teacher is being kind enough to allow him another week or two, and will change his grade for the class. It was a lot of work to catch up on in a week. We'll keep you posted there!

I took off Thursday & Friday...making it a long weekend. Thursday, we pondered what to do...we wanted to go to Sisters, but the forecast was snowy....and the coast forecast was rainy, so we headed to the pass, and took a drive back toward Eugene. There are some pretty waterfalls there, that have some great hiking trails. What we didn't realize, was the altitude was higher than we thought and there was WAY too much snow to hike. We'd have been better fitted with snow shoes or ski's.



However, the drive was beautiful, and we did get out in the fresh air, and enjoy the sun, snow, rain & hail that we had!! We rounded out the day with a trip to Dickijoe's for burgers & dogs, to help support our friend Nate, as they were doing a fund raiser. We headed back home the long way, and took an old logging road from Marcola to Sweet Home! Once home, we finished up our puzzle we started the night before, and called it a day...a good day!!




Friday we slept in, got a few jobs done, worked on the taxes, and enjoyed a lazy day. We anticipated rain again on Saturday, and woke at 7 to rain, so rolled over, woke later to sunshine. We showered and headed off for the coast. While we got plenty of rain, we also had plenty of sunshine, some pretty rainbows, and a lot of fun. We hit some favorite spots, hit the outlets, and got an early anniversary gift from Bill...an awesome flash, that is mount, or stand alone for additional light...it's incredible!!





We rounded out the day with dinner at the Sea Hag, and headed for home, taking some nice sunset pictures on the way with some new filters I got a few weeks ago. FUN!! Got home around 9, played with the new flash...and am VERY pleased with the lighting....awesome. Thanks Bill!



Check out the pictures from today...and Thursday!