Home Again

It snowed a few times while we were in K Falls but Stark doesn't care what the weather is like outside, he still needs to run.

Chris and I are working at eating better, including homemade vs store bought. So we made a bunch of meals and froze them so he can have an easy dinner after school. We made veggie lasagna, my first lasagna and it was great! I "beefed" up some spaghetti sauce with some ground turkey and lots of veggies. And we made a pot roast too!  

It felt great to leave and feel like I was still making sure Chris had a good meal to eat. By the way, anyone have advice for cooking a Turkey? Just looking at what I was going to have to do to it was making me sick.

When I drive back to Seattle I leave EARLY on Thursdays. This is one of my favorite places along the drive and I get there just after sun rise. I had to stop to take a picture. 

Portland

A few weeks ago Chris' cousin was baptized in Portland. He took the train up and we were able to meet there on Saturday night. It was nice to not do the full 8 hour drive. It was even better to spend time with all our family. We ate good food, visited and hot tubed that night. The next day we spent the morning at a park with Erik and Sarah with our dogs. It was so fun to see them swim in the river and race each other. 

Don't worry Chris' eyes are on the road!

Don't forget about Stark!

Valentines Day

Chris lives down in Oregon while he is going to OIT and I am working up in Seattle. Last year he gave me a teddy bear that I sleep with. I thought I would make  him a fun pillow for him to sleep with until we are together again. 

Me proving that I really did make the pillow. Please excuse the hair and lack of makeup. I had just gotten back from a run. 

I had to go to work before I could sew up the hole that I put the stuffing into. The next morning I woke up to Stark throwing up because he was eating the batting. I had to resew it because he did put a few holes in it. 

Chris made us a really nice steak dinner with mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus. Yum.