i live in portland now

and as of thursday, drew will, too. it's been a whirlwind year, and we're only barely into february. to recap, in images and a few scant words:

we celebrated christmas

and new year's eve.

we drove across the country via chattanooga, st, louis (that's the arch!), kansas city, and the wilds of kansas, colorado, wyoming, idaho and oregon.

at times it was unbelievably cold and windy, like being on the moon. but we made it. and then drew had to fly back to baltimore, and now he, bea and rick are somewhere back in idaho, driving across the country again.