Farm Visit

Yesterday we enjoyed a beautiful fall day (is it really fall already?)...80 degree weather and bright blue sky! We took the opportunity to head to a local farm for opening day of their "harvest festival", and surprisingly we were some of the only people there! No doubt as we get into October farms such as these will be full of visitors, but in the meantime we enjoyed the treat of a farm nearly to ourselves!

Oh look...an airplane! Owen always stops in excitement at the sound of an airplane or train. We love to experience the world through Owens’s eyes!

"Hello Llama" (Notice the wave. I love it!)

Our little runner smiles as if to dare "can you catch me?"

Our little farm boy

And what could be better at a farm than playing in the dirt!

Wow...this tractor is MUCH bigger than my toy trucks & tractors at home!

Look!...another airplane!

What better way to end our visit than by enjoying a homemade pumpkin donut from the little farm store! Yum! (and you bet - Brian and I both had one too...how could we resist?!)

Hood to Coast

During the last weekend of August, Brian participated in the Hood to Coast with a team from his office. Hood to Coast relay is thought to be the largest relay race in North America as it stretches 197 miles from Mt Hood OR to the Pacific Ocean in Seaside OR.

Their team of 24 people was divided into 2 vans of 12 people each. Truly a relay, they took turns - each person in their van running about 6 miles, and then they would rest (and drive) while the alternate van took over for the next segment. Each van had 3 segments, which means that Brian ran a total of about 18miles during the two-day event.

They started at about noon on Friday and ended at the Coast at about 5pm on Saturday. Although he got almost no sleep, and even ran one of his legs at about 2am, Brian had a blast and enjoyed the experience with his coworkers. Way to go, Brian! We're proud of you!