So we finally have settled in to Portland a little more! We aren't 100% sure that we are urban-its but we are liking the area! I am finally totally on my own at work which is nice to not have to be training anymore and after 4 more months I won't be on new employee probation anymore. Francisco is still loving his 4 block walk to work! It's been hard adjusting to living in an apartment again, especially when twice in one week the fire alarm went off, once at 4:45am yes I said AM and another at 11:45pm thankfully both times on weekends! We have been driving around a lot getting to know our new city and surrounding suburbs, which has been fun. Looking a little back now, we had 2 Christmas' this year, the Gray's went to San Diego so a couple of weeks before we had a Christmas with them, it was nice and calm and we had some good family time with them! On Christmas eve we headed down to Lebanon and stayed with mom and John until Christmas day! Christmas day there was me and Francisco, mom and John, Grandpa, Josh and Amber joined us once she got off work! It probably was one of the nicest Christmas's that I have had in a long time, we played a very long game of Uno which Gpa beat us all, and Josh gave Gpa a gift that I think he will cherish for every... it was the leg lamp from the movie A Christmas story! My Gpa absolutely loved it, laughing so hard, making crude jokes, and never putting it down even when he fell asleep! It was great! New Years we spent with our best friends! Robyn and Isaiah hosted everyone in their new place, and we all had a blast ringing in 2010! For Valentines weekend Francisco and I took a cooking class! We learned a lot about making a steak dinner and we are excited to try out the recipes on others! So what else is to come in the coming months... soon my best girlfriends, Robyn, Brooke and Michele are going to be coming for a girls weekend which should be a blast! The second weekend in March we are going camping with Francisco's family to celebrate our niece Acasha's 13th birthday!! We can't beileve she is going to be a teenager!! And in April we are looking forward to Francisco's Aunt Deb coming for a visit! So stay tuned our lives are going to be continuing to stay on a busy pace, which I love!!
Peace,
Heather
The picture is of Mt Hood, from the tram stop at the top of OHSU
