We had a relaxing visit with our friends John and Lisa and their three kids John, Amelia, and baby Alyce. We hung out, took a dip in the hot tub, went swimming at the local rec center, played lots of foosball and even some ping pong. We ate out at a nice mexican restaurant and a pizza place. We woke up the next day to a world coated with snow.
Our friends invited us to stay the weekend at their vacation home in Sunriver, just sound of Bend, Oregon. With all the rain we were getting, the streams had many rapids and there were many impromptu waterfalls coming down the mountain sides. And we encountered got snow at higher elevations.
The delightful weather outside gave us a great excuse to go visit the zoo. We had a lots of fun and looked at lots of animals. Jasmine got a startled when a bird dropped out of a tree and then walked very fast toward her before turning around to head back into the vegetation. We felt bad for the zebra that had itchy skin, but it was amusing watching the horsy use every tree as a backscratcher. Afterwords we had lunch at our favorite Indian buffet, where Jasmine has grown to like tandoori chicken.
Here is Jasmine making a house out of cardboard and other materials for a school recycled craft project.
For a couple months Jasmine has been asking me what I look like with a mustache or asking me to grow a beard. So I did.
