Jon Here. SNOW in Astoria... We have tulips and camellia’s covered in snow!!! Our daffodils all filled with snow and tipped over. Trees are budding and I even bought a flat of lettuce starts to plant in the garden that are now inside on the kitchen counter. Crazy!

So, I have not been on here for a while. Cirque Du Soleil was amazing! We were right on the stage. Laura's arm was literally on the stage. We were pelted in a pillow fight and it was truly amazing! Ate dinner in Portland at a great Chinese restaurant- we ordered way too much food: house special wonton soup; Happy Family; pork ribs in black beans are garlic; pot stickers; egg roll; and Peking Duck!!! The duck was amazing and a great story. They brought out a whole duck on a tray and with amazing flourish started carving at the table- all the skin was beautifully removed with fat and meat dripping off it, then the entire duck, with all the meat still on it was whisked away and we were left with just the duck skin on rice puffs. Laura looked at me and asked what happens with the rest of the duck. I didn't know. Actually neither of use had ever ordered a whole Peking duck before- maybe all we got was the skin. Then the rest of the food started to come and we forgot about all the duck meat. Finally a huge platter of duck meat came and we ate for a very long time!!!

Spring break has been fun. Lazing about the house; playing the Wii; making amazing masks with paper mache beaks; running; shopping and maybe today- A Dump Run~! Ani and I are supposed to go skiing Fri and Sat, but the forecast for Mt. Hood is over a foot of snow falling tonight and tomorrow so I am not sure we will even be able to get up onto the mountain...

I will blog with other pictures and some movies later today!