Marshak Family News: In Town, Out of Town, All Around the Town

I recognize this post is going to backtrack a bit to hit the highlights of the winter months.
In December, the girls were very excited to go to their first Uncle Moishy Concert! Uncle Moishy performed at our school and it was such a fun experience!
At the end of December, we took a mini-vacation to the Oregon Coast, stopping in Portland for Shabbos, and then in the city of Tillamook to get some cheese from the Tillamook Cheese Factory! Our stay in Cannon Beach/Seaside, OR was beautiful - our room overlooked the ocean, and we had a great view of Haystack Rock.
We had a wonderful visit from Uncle Stu-Stu in February. The girls thoroughly wore themselves out and Uncle Stu-Stu, too!
We have plenty of pics and videos, so enjoy at your own pace!

It's Chanukah! TLM's menorah

Abba lighting his menorah

SCM lighting her menorah

Building a tower...

...As tall as TLM!

SCM and TLM singing Al Hanissim

Snuggling in SCM's bed

Preschool Chanukah performance with SCM as a dreidle

TLM as a dreidle

TLM's class

Now, SCM is a latke!

SCM and TLM playing Sivivon on the chair

Last night of Chanukah

"Cousin Nachum" at the Uncle Moishy concert

Hey dum diddle dee dum.... it's Uncle Moishy!

The girls sizing themselves up to the bears at the Portland Zoo

SCM as a store clerk at the Portland Children's Museum

TLM with the grocery cart at the Portland Children's Museum

"Making faces" - literally

Approaching the Tillamook Cheese factory in Tillamook, OR

Enjoying the comfy couch at our hotel in Cannon Beach, OR

Ready to go swimming in the hotel pool, wearing hotel robes

Part of our view of the Pacific Ocean with Haystack Rock on the left-hand side

Family picture - on the beach in front of Haystack Rock

We saw this sign as we drove in and out of the Cannon Beach/Seaside area; a few months later, they actually did have to temporarily evacuate due to the tsunami from the earthquake in Japan.