First Ski Day!

Paul and Otto and I went for our first cross country ski yesterday afternoon on Mt. Hood. Lots of snow already! Otto had to work hard to get through it all. It was snowing the whole time we were up there too.

Hafla!

Belly Dance Party!

Bend

We went to Bend the first weekend in October; Otto stayed home. I had a work conference and Paul came along to play.

We stopped on the way down for Paul to skate - his board was never seen again after that :(

Then we rode bikes around Bend and went for a hike on the way home. It was beautiful!

Otto update

Otto had to go to the vet and go under anesthetic so the doctor could fix his foot. He got this cute bandage to wear for a few days. He was a little out of it as the anesthetic wore off. We put him on the sand pile for a nap while we stacked wood. When he was hurting he kept crawling up into our laps and wanting to be carried around. He is up and running again now though!

Otto's Foot

Something got into the compost last night, Paul thinks maybe it was a bear. Linda said something tore apart the wood box and got into their compost the night before.

Otto heard it last night and jumped off Paul's lofted bed onto the hard floor and hurt two of his toes. So, this morning, we took a look at his foot to see if we could fix it at home. It looks like two of his toenails are broken back in there. Paul tried to see if he could cut them off or move them at all, but we decided to bandage it up to keep it clean and take him to the vet tomorrow morning.

Otto is such a good boy! He was so patient while papa worked on his foot, then he ran off to go watch football with the family.

New Wood Stove

I got a new wood stove today!