pod: fun with markers

I call this design: Hitler Harry Potter + Goatee

But them I had to let him do it to me...

He tried to get Daddy, but he wasn't in the mood

and that made him sad

pod: jumping jacks

Jackson has a very adventurous neighbor friend who does some amazing tricks on this ramp with his bike. Jacks has been practicing jumping this ramp with his bike too, but first he likes to warm up by doing it on foot.

pod: mount hood on a clear(ish) day

Mt. Hood is the closest 'big' mountain to us - it's about 30 miles away. Today was beautiful, sunny, and fairly clear...kind of rare around here, but it makes me appreciate the nice days so much more! (I can be an optimist!)

pod: key letters

Jackson snapped this shot just before heading off to bed. Ever since we got a little point and shoot camera he loves to grab it and fill the frame. In this shot he was trying to capture as many of the letters from his name as he could. Not bad, eh? I mean, can your kid do that? Yeah, I'd like to see it!

pod: chain-up area

While driving up and over Mt. Hood there's a stretch of road where, if road conditions are poor, cars are required to have chains on the tires. Or else you can get a ticket. We had a rental car and weren't privy to the chain requirement so we risked it. No ticket!

p.o.d.

I think I'm going to start posting a photo of the day. We've been taking lots of walks and exploring our new surroundings and nearly every day I see something interesting. So, my goal is to post a new picture every day, preferably one that was taken on that day, but sometimes hooking up the camera and downloading pictures gets tedious...so I might have to recycle old pics too.

This is the view from our bedroom window. There's a beautiful Maple tree that is so bright orange right now it almost looks fake...It probably looks extra bright because it's usually against a backdrop of grey clouds!