Had a beautiful flight from LAX to Portland on Jan 11, good views of several mountains above the clouds and Crater Lake, etc.  Shelly and Charli Jo were at the airport to meet us, and we were happy to spend a couple days with them.   Then we drove to Walla Walla for Caden's 4th birthday party which was on the afternoon of Jan 13.  He had some little friends there as well as his other grandparents, Cheryl and Kent and Melissa and Rylan too.  It was great to see the family again and tell them about our trip.  We stayed at Carey and Greg's for a couple more nights because there was freezing rain in Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area making driving conditions extremely slippery.  It was nice in Walla Walla.  So we actually got home on Jan 15, and the roads were much better by that day.  We had several days of freezing fog which made everything very frosty and pretty.  Have had some more snow, but our yard still has several inches of snow that arrived while we were away.  Our kind neighbors kept our driveway cleared which was very nice.  We have been trying to catch up with all the mail, the email, the info for taxes, and many appointments since being back.  Also going to the gym regularly trying to get ready for the 28th Los Angeles Marathon which will be March 17.