Our life, in pictures

It's been a good couple weeks here in Corvallis. Work has been ok , weekends have been good. We spent one weekend at the sand dunes, which I'll make a post about later (as the pictures have been posted on Facebook already), one riding our bikes to Alpine (a 45 mile ride) and hiking around Corvallis, and one with my dad and stepmom visiting (hikes, a trip to the coast, and yummy dinners and a beer festival!). So it's been busy! I also went to an Americorps Symposium, which is where people share their stories of service through art. Needless to say, a lot of the art was pretty bad, but some of it was very good. I did not submit anything. No one wants to hear about my office life when they can hear about kids learning to read. I did get to hang out with Kris for two days, though, so that was tons of fun. I love sitting at her and Rebecca's apartment talking and drinking.

The office life is good, though - had a good planning meeting and next month I'll get to present to the board and get some of this stuff set before I leave.

This weekend Aaron and I are probably headed up to Olympic National Park, with a side trip to Victoria, BC. Should be fun!

Now, to the pictures. These are in no particular order, simply intended to give you a peek into our every day lives. In this edition, you will get a bonus of "Animals in the Lives of Aaron and Allison". Aaron at Mt. Bachelor when we went cross country skiing. The mountain behind him is not Bachelor. It is a piddly bump.

Aaron studying for the LSAT. He's spent a lot of time doing this lately. During this time, I'm usually reading or working on my painting.

When we went to the sand dunes, Aaron decided to test the waters. Still cold.

Us after the worst day of the year ride in Portland, in February. We set up that start line you see behind us.

Me at Mt. Bachelor. I love skiing!

The view from Dimple Hill. This was a 3 mile uphill hike from where we started, but we could make it to our house in four miles. I love living here for this reason.

Aaron prepares to go mountain biking. Our outfits are so sweet.

I wore my new shoes, made for wearing around town and looking semi-normal while still having my pedal cleats on the bottom. They don't look so clean any more. Note the leg warmers with the baggy shorts. Classy.
Ready for mountain biking, giving the face.
At the sand dunes, I stop to smell the flowers. They didn't really smell like anything.

This is what happens when I work on my bike. Never fails, I get grease everywhere.


ANIMAL TIME!!
Ok, well, that's mostly me, but there's an elephant in the background. At the Oregon Zoo.

Black bear in the new exhibit at the Oregon Zoo. I can only think of horrible Anchorman jokes, and...well...I succumb. BEAR FIGHT!!!
This is my co-worker Linda's new little friend. Buckshot was born a month ago now - he was one week old in this picture. He must have an itch. He was SO cute. I pet him a bit, but he was quite skittish.
Buckshot eating lunch. While this is quite cute, the cutest thing ever was when Buckshot chased Dixie, the obese beagle, around the yard. I was squealing too much to take a picture, but man, it was so cute.

Last, but not least, is Zoey, the Princess Cat. When we were house/catsitting, Zoey was our charge. She is so cute, except when she wakes you up by walking on your face at 5 AM. She likes to sit on this futon with you. Look at the paws!

That's it for pictures for now. Time for bed!