March/Visitors Take 9

Ella had to do some adjusting to having a new animal in the house and still isn't thrilled about the idea. They are okay with each other as long as they are both sleeping....We did puppy class for the first month and have now moved on to obedience were we go each Tuesday. I swear the class is more for me than for Gypsy :) Oh yeah, and Gypsy has a boyfriend named Coltrane (black lab in picture)-she is so in love. I think the picture of the three pups lined up is pretty darn cute. We try to take the dog with us whenever possible and it has been a good thing, b/c we are seeing new places we haven't' seen yet. One day we drove up to Mt. Hood so Gypsy could be a true mountain dog and she got to romp around in the snow.

We had the opportunity to go to several really amazing concerts, but I must say that the Chieftains (a Celtic group) were by far my favorite. Their show was so full of excitement and they had these amazing Irish jig dancers that I was really impressed with. We also went up to Seattle and saw this group called the Ancient Orchestra and they played all the Bach Brandenburg concertos on instruments that were made when the music was composed. It was really interesting and educational to hear how different the pieces sounded using the instruments they were meant for. Bach is on my top list of composers so this was a neat experience.

Our good friends Beau & Danielle came up for another visit from the land of Flagstaff. Danielle is dying to move to Portland, but Beau just isn't on board yet...he wants to stay in Flagstaff for the rest of his life and for the life of me I can't figure out why. Silly Beau. It was nice that they had already been here so we could be a little more go with the flow this time. We went to Blazers game, Cannon Beach, the markets, and we drove them up to Seattle for the weekend and did all the tourist stuff there. Oh yeah, and we went on another ghost tour. Ghost people sure are odd and I don't really think words would do the outing justice. Oh the gum! That is a picture the world famous gum wall in Seattle just outside of Pikes Place. Gross!