Portland Fit: Week 1

This past weekend was the start week for Portland Fit, a marathon training program for the Portland Marathon. This feat tested our bodies because of the freezing temps and rainy weather. It was not fun and was for the dedicated or mentally insane runners. We are still thawing from the run.

It was a pretty non-eventful 4.5 mi for me and 3 mi for Kristen. We will see if we actually do the marathon. We have 6 months to think about it.

Newsflash: Washington weather sucks!

Hello all,
Not to sugar coat it, but the weather in Washington/Oregon sucks right now. It's almost April and we have had snow, hail, pouring rain, windy days, and glimpses of sun in the past days.

Makes me think of my first week in Washington. I was watching the news and the weather forecaster had a picture with clouds in the upper left corner, rain in the upper right, snow in the lower left, sun in the lower right, and in big bold letters in the middle.. it said "CHANCE". And, I didn't understand it, until that day, it got cloudy, then rained, then snowed, then sun came out.

Fun times. Enjoy your weather. :)

Pictures from the Lee trip to China

Here are some pictures from Al and Joleen's trip to China.

For all of the pictures, click on the link below
http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=871211206108184571/l=363834152/g=125948298/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

Signed up for Portland Fit 2008

We have signed up for Portland Fit (training group for the Portland Marathon). No guarantees that we will run the marathon, but definitely the half marathon and I will be planning on running the Hood to Coast relay. Sure would like to beat my last time and get a new PR. If you are interested, here's the website http://www.portlandfit.com

Firegirl Zoe

this was taken when Bheng and Zoe visited Lenny's station when he worked 4 shifts in a row, they had dinner at the fire house.

Smile Zoe! :)

Click on the picture to get a closer look.

Jen's B-day on 3/11

This is a late post, but it can't hurt to wish big bro a happy birthday! His birthday was on 3/11. If you haven't wished him a happy birthday, give him a ring.

What are your St. Patrick's day plans?

What's your plans for St. Patricks Day? Sporting out in green? Drinking til the wee hours? St. Patrick's day run? All of the above? Well, this year, we will not be doing too much. We have a Blazer game the night before the Portland St. Pats day run, so that's out and drinking late is a little tough on us these days. You can count on corned beef and cabbage for dinner and leftovers, some nice microbrew or guiness to help it go down, and we will wear some green, but not those nikes shown. (They are at the employee store if people are interested.) Happy St. Patty's Day.

Monster Match-Up: Blazers vs. Warriors

VS.

The matchup of the season. The last two games Blazers 2-0 against the Warriors. Steve has won 2 dinners from Jen on the bet. Here's a triple or nothing situation. Brandon Roy and Jeff Jones are back and ready to do another 13 game run. I will be wearing my Nike/Brandon Roy shirt for this match up.

Go Blazers!

Ms. Ginger goes to Washington

Ginger is now living with us in Washington since the other California cats have passed. She is slowly getting used to the "bone freakin'" cold that Washington is from Cali, but she's doing well.

She's been hiding out in the spare room, but is slowly venturing out the the rest of the house. She'll be hanging out with Gwenni and Momo in no time at all.

Zoe Renee's Baptism

Hi all,

We could not make the baptism, but Len and Bheng gratiously sent us some clips of Zoe's baptism. Cute baby! This is shareware to convert the clips, so please ignore the text in the middle of the clips.

Steve

Cameron asks for more cookies

Kristen captured Cameron applying his learnings to ask for more cookies. I want to see the sign language where he says he's pooped his pants. :)