sNOwPE: A Tale of an Unprecedented Portland Winter (so far…)

sNOwPE: A Tale of an Unprecedented Portland Winter (so far…)

As I sit here at the start of SNOW DAY #9 out here in Portland, Oregon, I caught the above scene out of the corner of my eye. Yea, that’s Grace. She’s CRAWLING across the kitchen counter to fetch herself a banana for breakfast. A depiction of the mentality that so...

Dinner and a Snow

Dinner and a Snow

Last night, we were sitting around steaming bowls of lovely Chicken, Corn and Potato Chowder following an insane afternoon filled with some snow flakes, a mad rush to grab our kids from school so they didn't have to take the bus on our neighborhood's...

The Snow Finally Showed!

The Snow Finally Showed!

All right, friends. The snow eventually showed up, and we had a nice layer by about 12:30 p.m. or so. Sleds were in full effect for a few hours, and Bob is apparently a huge fan of the white stuff. Huge. As in didn't want to come back inside. The storm is changing...

sNOw!

sNOw!

Just wanted to share a quick update to our friends and family back East (and elsewhere in the world) as I know the news of our anticipated wintry weather out here in the Pacific Northwest has spread far and wide. We're weathering the Portland snow day just fine. (See...

Fifteen.

Fifteen.

Ah. Those two kids up top got married fifteen years ago today. It was a great day. Greater days followed. And God willing, our greatest are still to come. This morning, Kenny surprised me with Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration by Simon Sinek. I picked...