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Scenes from “A Curious Savage”

Austin performed in the drama, “A Curious Savage” at Newberg High School tonight, and it was very well done.

A comedy with some real touching moments, the story is about three siblings who put their wealthy step-mother in a “home” because they think she is being foolish with her money (their inheritance). She becomes friends with the other residents of the home, and has a fun time keeping the ten million dollars out of the hands of her greedy step-children.

Austin plays Hannibal, a man who thinks he can play the violin (he can’t, but no one tells him that), and he flicks playing cards at the three greedy people that are trying to get at Mrs. Savage’s money.

It was a fun play — with a surprising final scene. Good job to all the actors! It’s worth seeing!

I hope I said that right…

While Deanne and I were picking up a prescription at Walgreen’s this evening, the pharmacist was trying to explain the dosage to the customer beside us, who happened to be a hispanic lady that didn’t speak any English. Without thinking about it, I stepped closer and explained what she needed to do (in Spanish of course).

Deanne was so impressed! Reflecting on the episode right now, I am hoping I got it right! I am not trained to give such critical instructions!

It was nice to know it’s pretty much still there… although its very dusty!

A family day

On Saturday, or family went cross-country skiing at Trillium Lake near Mount Hood. This outing was part of our family Christmas plans.

We left home at 9 am, picked up Aaron at his apartment in Sherwood, and got up to the mountain at about 11:00. We rented all the necessary gear at Mountain Tracks in Government Camp. By 11:30 we were at the trailhead. There were lots of cars in the parking lot, but the trails were not crowded at all.

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We skied the loop around the lake, which is about 5 1/2 miles. The first 1/2 mile or so is downhill, and being beginners, we walked down that part (as we were advised to by the nice people at Mountain Tracks!).

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The rest of the trail had some slight ups and downs, but nothing too extreme. It was a challenge to keep from going too fast in a couple of places, but those made for some excitement!

We ate our sack lunches at Trillium Lake, with it’s awesome view of Mount Hood. We were thankful for the sunny skies and calm air.

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Alison, Aaron and Austin. Aaron is throwing Cheez-Its at…

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… the ravens.

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Alison explored the frozen lake.

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We were back to the car by 4:00 (after hiking back up that hill!). It was a fun trip, and good for all 5 of us to spend the whole day together.