Our trip took us from Diamond Lake to the rim of Crater Lake. Wow, wow, wow. We've been to Crater Lake in the summertime, but it's even more beautiful in the wintertime. The park had nearly 9 feet of snow, covering many of the trees and all of the underbrush. We can't wait to go back to this viewpoint in the summer to see where we were. The tallest mountain in the background is Mount Scott.
We recently had a missionary from Louisiana for dinner. We do not eat spicy food. No 4 alarm chili around here- maybe a feeble squawk. We searched our cupboards for something the elder could spice up his dinner with and found a bottle of red pepper flakes left over from Becky and Ruth's apartment. We're not sure how much spice is left in 14 or 15 year old flakes, but the missionary seemed satisfied. The red pepper flakes are now Sophie's condiment of choice.
Brandan is building some more bookshelves in our library and Gibson found a hammer he was using to countersink brads. Gibson has an unerring instinct to locate the most dangerous item in a room. He loved swinging the hammer around, but we traded it for a toy hammer that's less likely to crush body parts.
At the advice of our pediatrician, we had Helen tested for allergies recently. The allergist tested her for wheat, milk, eggs, peanuts, bananas and kiwi (Immunocap score of IgE antibodies for you medical types). She tested positive for all and the allergist says she has the worst food allergies he's seen. He's Abe's doctor, too, and we always assumed Abe's allergies were worse. Now we feel blessed we had Abe first to clear the way for Helen.
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I've never heard of anyone being allergic to bananas. How disappointing. So we don't have to eat all our food as hot as Bill likes it he has his three spicy condiments: red pepper flakes for Italian, chili paste for Asian and Tapatio for Mexican. Ruth
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