We went up onto Powell Butte to test out Ingrid's new boots and pack.

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Ingrid and Karen ran the Romp To Stomp snowshoe race up on Hood. It was a warm and perfect day. Ingrid and I played around in the snow afterwords practicing some climbing techniques.

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Perogi party at mom & dad's with Sara.

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Ingrid and I went up to the Olympic Peninsula to celebrate Sara's birthday with her and her buddies.

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The front gutters finally gave up and fell down this past week. I put up new gutters and updated the french drain, which will hopefully keep some water out of the basement.

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For New Years we went down to the beach with Sara, Ron, Angel, parents and the Jubitzes.

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Christmas in Portland and down in Corvallis.

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Ingrid and I traveled to Spain for a little over a week to visit our friends Eric and Eli in Malage on the Mediterranean. On All Saints Day we went up to Antequera with their family to see the cool rock formations. A few days in we traveled north to Granada to see the Alhambra and Albayzin - where we had a very nice hotel room. We also made it with Eric and Eli to the caves in Nerja, which were pretty cool. As we missed the Alcazaba of the Alhambra, we went to downtown Malaga and visited their Alcazaba which was uncrowded and very cool.

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Malaga

Our visit to Eric and Eli in Malaga, Spain. We had paella with Eli's family, watched Eric dominate a basketball game, rode a 46cc scooter and had lots of Colacao.

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Antequera

Side trip to the rocks outside of Antequera with Eric & Eli. The goats were elusive and we did not eat well that night.

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Granada

Three days and two nights in Granada visting the Alhambra and Albayzin. We were lucky enough to sleep in a hotel in the Albayzin area.

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Alhambra of Granada

The Alhambra and Generalife in Granada Spain.

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Caves of Nerja

Another side trip from Malaga, this time to see the caves of Nerja and a famous cliff side where something important happened long ago. A Roman acueduct was also just lying around off the side of a highway.

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Alcazaba of Malaga

We visited the old Alcazaba and Roman theatre in downtown Malaga. It was much less crowded than the same in Granada which almost made it cozy.

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I finally got to painting the hole in the hallway that I patched the week I moved in, over 5 years ago. And some picture molding went up along with more paint. Ingrid got some new hats and walked them up Mt. Tabor with her ma.

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I saw we had actual potatos in the yard after throwing a few spuds in the ground instead of the compost. I tried out making Spanish Tortilla with them. The potatos resisted being dug up, but in the end the oil, the knife and I won out and a Tortilla was made.

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