New Tradition

 Last General Conference (yeah, almost 6 months ago) we made fondue! It was so good we've already decided to make it a tradition and do it again. Though it was hard to take notes with chocolate all over my fingers : )

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Botanical Gardens

We've had so much fun this winter! I'm currently missing Chris and need to post my pictures to remember that we have had a great time.

We fit tons of fun dates in around Christmas. We went to the botanical gardens in Bellevue and enjoyed the sights. I'm sure we had just enjoyed some Butter Chicken at our favorite Indian restaurant. We did our best to fit it into every date he had ; ) 

Ok, you get the idea. It's a must do for the Seattle area during the Christmas season.

I've always loved Fall because Fall means harvest. We didn't have much of a garden to work with because of moving across town and Chris spending 5 weeks in Seattle in the summer. Though we did get one roma tomato which was delicious. Anyway, back to the pictures. Chris had been feeling sick all last week but we still took the time to enjoy a walk along the lake and a sunny day. I tried practicing taking better pictures but they still don't show how beautiful the day was.  ...I'll just have to keep practicing. : )

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Happy Halloween! While I was at home last week Chris and I decorated pumpkins! We just colored them so they wouldn't be rotten by the time Halloween was here. I have to say, I love our design choices. 

Cake!  One of our roommates made two cakes and left to go trick-or-treating. She asked me to frost them for her and she wasn't expecting this. Everyone was worried when they saw the leaves were real but I assured them I had washed them and they didn't have to eat them. 

Chocolate on top, spice on bottom. Yum.

There was no dressing up for us this year. Though we did have some fun with the headrest after Chris got a massage : )  I love how he looks like Benjamin Franklin. And me, just crazy.

 

Back to School

Today is Chris's first day of the Fall quarter. While it isn't fun "commuting" again it is great knowing that Chris is moving forward with his education. He is starting his Junior year and excited to continue learning. He will most likely be in Seattle next summer for an internship so once next summer is over we'll both head back down to Klamath Falls. It's nice to see the end in sight and know the sacrifices we are making now are getting us closer to our goal. I'm so proud of Chris and all of the hard work that he has already put in.

Glass Mountain

A few weeks ago Chris, and I went back to the lava caves. This time Chris's friends Casey and Mike came along. They had heard about Glass Mt. from a professor and wanted to check it out. We got everything ready for caving but made this our first stop. We ended up doing so much exploring here we ran out of sunlight. We found the most obsidian near the entrance but we still took the very hard way up a ridge to get a better view. There were a few trails through the area, which we found on the way out, but we spent most of our time climbing over loose rock, mostly pumice. It was a fun adventure and a great workout!

Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon

13.1 Miles! Finished in 2hrs 8mins. 

I'm distracted at the moment so at least this is something.