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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Best of 2020 | Spring

 Even after Covid-19 forced an abrupt pause in us meeting weekly with Arbores Homeschool Community, the girls continued to plug along in their schoolwork.  Tessa kept trudging through the alphabet in the My Father's World kindergarten curriculum still enjoying the clever activities she completed for each letter. While church was also temporarily on-line, we decided to put on our "Easter best" for church on Easter Sunday.  Sometime that spring we watched Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and so the girls began their Narnia obsession.  Benji even made them homemade bows and arrows.  Lastly, we had "top-secret" meet-ups with our homeschool friends, exploring the public walking path on Durant Vineyards in Dundee. 




For Aslan!  For Narnia!

"J" is for jewels.

"U" is for us.                             "E" is for elephant.
 
The 'obligatory' Mother's Day pic!  Gosh, I miss my hair all short & curly!

Tessa releases her butterflies into the wild.


Durant Vineyard

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Best of 2020 | Road Trips

We love to travel and explore the breathtaking PNW!  And last year we took some amazing mini vacas.  In August we stayed a couple of nights in Newport, and took a day trip in September across the Astoria-Megler bridge to Long Beach, WA (to escape the smoke in Newberg).  We also spent the night at Cooper Spur after driving through the Fruit Loop in October.  Then we celebrated Piper's birthday in Sunriver.

NEWPORT










LONG BEACH, WA







SUNRIVER











FRUIT LOOP/ COOPER SPUR





Sunday, January 17, 2021

Best of 2020 | Hiking


                                                          Cape Lookout State Park, Cloverdale

Ski Bowl, Government Camp


Ramona Falls, Mt. Hood National Forest


Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood National Forest




Gumjuac Saddle/ E. Hood River, Parkdale




                                                         McNeil Point, Mt. Hood National Forest





Wilson River, Tillamook County



Timberline Trail, Mt. Hood National Forest


Horsetail Falls, Columbia River Gorge





Government Camp





Nehalem Mountain, Oregon Coast