January 2026:
The highlight was a family trip up to Mt. Hood to play in the snow and stay in a cozy cabin for 2 nights during MLK weekend! Also did some baking, birthday parities, dinner parties and protesting (sigh).
The holidays were wonderful! We celebrated Christmas Eve at my parent's house for fondue dinner, then Christmas morning my parents came over and we did our *new* traditional All You Can Eat Chinese Buffett for Christmas dinner. Then Boxing day we celebrated with a lunch at our house and extended family. Then Hannah and her crew stayed 2 more nights and took Isla back to Salem for a few more nights then I went down for New Years Eve and we celebrated in Salem with friends! Busy busy busy! I have 3 more days of break before I have to go back to work and I'm trying to soak in some final days of rest and also get a few more chores/projects done (like updating this!).