happy two-years-of-blogging anniversary to us!

my, how time flies! it's hard to believe we've documented two years of our adventures for all the world to see. and to think, we started this blog as a way to share pictures and stories with family and friends as we wrote about our move across the country from indianapolis to portland. and now here we are, two years later, living in oregon.

but here's the thing: unless people leave us comments, we really have no idea if anybody is actually reading our blog. if you ARE still reading after all this time, we thank you. or perhaps no one reads about our adventures anymore. we could just be writing this for our own amusement. who knows? not us.

anyway, for those of you out there who are still interested in what we've been doing (and who still read our blog), here's the latest and greatest.

last weekend we met our favorite boyz in oregon city (which is really just a far, far suburb of portland) to ride the only outdoor municipal elevator in the united states. exciting, huh???

a little background: oregon city is sandwiched between the willamette river and a cliff. at the top of the cliff is a neighborhood. in order to connect this neighborhood to the city's business district, a water-powered elevator was installed in the early 1900s. this elevator was super popular, but the big issue was it prevented water from getting to the top of the cliff, where the rich people lived. as such, the rich people weren't happy about not having water. of course, controversy ensued (as it always does) and eventually years later, an electric elevator replaced the water-powered elevator.

here are some pictures of us and the boyz in the observation deck

the observation deck looks like a spaceship

then we went to the boyz' house for a fantastic dinner and a short hike in the woods (their backyard) to see oregon's state flower, the trillium.

and then it snowed.

crazy weather we've been having. here's hoping the weather is cooperative when lucky's mom visits in a couple of weeks. we're so excited to see her!!!

as always, we're sending lots of love and hugs across the miles...the girlz