Back in Bend

It's good to be home in the Pacific Northwest. Though we aren't all the way home to Seattle yet, we are settling into our home-away-from home at Grandma Fran and Grandpa Roger's (the Austins - Chrissie's folks). We're working on establishing some routine (a little more formalized Drape Academy and such), while taking advantage of being here in the wonderful high desert of central Oregon with Chrissie's family. We love getting to hang out with the grandparents and the Wenndorfs - Chrissie's sister and family (Jeannie, Mike, Caleb and Ben). The cousins are having a ball being back together.

Yesterday included a snow shoe adventure with the chicken, followed by a Pilot Butte Drive-In feast of burgers, fries, onion rings and shakes. It doesn't get much better than that. We'll keep updating things here, and will also add some end-of-the-trip summary blogs of great and trivial interest, so stay tuned.