Month: December 2008
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Christmas 2008
The weather let up in time for Cindi and Jean’s flight to make it in with little delay. During their visit, we all took a trip down the Willamette River on a paddle boat and had a great time (not to mention a little champagne!) Nermal even dressed up to play Santa for our Christmas […]
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Portland’s ‘Big Freeze’!
It started snowing the week of December 15th and continued on through Christmas. It did warm up briefly enough to start melting but then the temperature dropped down again below freezing, and everything turned to ice. This caused a LOT of tree limbs to start falling, leading to down power lines throughout Colton and a […]
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First Snow of the Season
The Kittens had a chance to go outside and play in the snow. But once done, Nermal likes to return right back to the warmest spot in the house…the top of the pellet stove!
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Redneck Artwork
Brad & Jodi have been hanging out at the Colton Cafe, especially for Friday night dinners and weekend breakfast. The Cafe features paintings for sale by local artists. A few months ago, Jodi noticed that one particular artist signed his work as “redneck”. His theme seemed to be around old shops with even older cars […]
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Colton Burn To Learn
One of our Lieutenants, Dave, is planning to build a new house. But first we had to help get rid of his old one! Brad and Jodi spent half the day Saturday practicing forced entry, rapid egress, and just had some fun tearing through walls. Breakfast thanks to Kent Jodi & Brad breaking through the […]
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