Sunday, November 16, 2008

Family update and an outing in the woods...


We hope that your Fall weather hasn't been too hard on you. With the fires in California and the flooding in some areas of Washington, the timing couldn't have come at a worse time given the economic climate these days. I feel for those who have been dealing with these trying times and grateful at the same time that we have been spared (so far), but certainly have my guard up.

Recently, for us here, it has been "surgery central." Patty (Brett's mom) had a procedure on 11/7, and then Leah (my mom) had surgery as well on 11/11. We are happy to report that both surgeries went great and we are now looking forward to their strong recoveries. We will definitely have something to celebrate as the holidays approach, which isn't that far away now.

The pictures above are from our visit to the woods this afternoon. The weather has calmed down a bit and the sun has been out -- we even found 60° temperatures in the mountains, which, for this time of year is rare. The mountain was stunning though, so I hope I don't bore you with a few shots of it from when we were out. Oh, and yikes, you'll see me without makeup (cringe)!

Keeping our fingers crossed for all...