Installations

On Tuesday the Bethel initiated a new member. On Thursday I was installed as Senior Warden of Bend Lodge.

 

And today the Bethel held its winter installation. Our honored queen is repeating a term. We had decorated the Lodge for Christmas, so the installation theme was Christmas bears.

We installed nine girls this term. After installation we enjoyed refreshments.

Veteran's Day

 

Today, we took part in Bend's Veteran's Day parade. I rode in a float with the Bethel.

While Bryan walked with his Boy Scout troop.

Jennifer also met up with the Girl Scouts.

Holidays at Disneyland

California Adventure went from having its letters look like Candy Corn on October 31st . . .

to looking like Candy Canes on November 1st.

Of course the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay fits in with both Halloween and Christmas decorations. 

We spent three more days in the parks after Halloween, enjoying the rides and shows. Thursday we ate lunch at Storytellers, and in the afternoon the kids made Mickey and Minnie dolls at Build-A-Bear. Yesterday we headed north and stopped for the night in the Bay Area, where we visited friends.

Halloween at Disneyland

 

At the end of October we headed down to Disneyland and spent five days hopping between the parks.  For the first two days the parks were decorated for Halloween.

The first night we stayed at the Paradise Pier Hotel, which is right across the street from California Adventure, but then we switched to a room at the Grand Californian, which is even closer. 

Our room had a great view of Grizzly Mountain, which for the first night had cobwebs projected onto it.

In California Adventure, they had replaced the Golden Dreams movie with a Golden Screams show.

We had fun meeting Jack Sparrow while we had lunch at the Blue Bayou.
 

Eagle Scout Dinner

 

On Thursday, the Bend Lodge hosted its annual Eagle Scout dinner, honoring new Eagle Scouts. Bryan enjoyed the chance to visit with his former Cub Scout Den Mother.  

This weekend, Bryan camped out with his Boy Scout troop for Webelos Woods. This is an annual event where Boy Scout troops camp with Webelos Cub Scout to encourage them to continue in scouting.

While Jennifer went out to a pumpkin patch with her Girl Scouts.

And then attended a "Purple Party" with Bethel 11 at the Lodge. At a Purple party members of the Bethel invite friends to have fun and learn more about Job’s Daughters. 

Around Oregon

 

The first weekend of this month, Susan and I spent the weekend in Newport. We drove up to Depoe Bay, checked out the Devil's Punchbowl and the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, and ate at Mo's.

 

Since moving to Bend, we've visited the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland several times. This weekend, we checked out the Star Wars exhibit.

In September, Susan took the Bethel to an Oregon Job's Daughters Leadership camp near Eugene.

Victoria

Sunday morning we took the ferry over to Vancouver Island, and enjoyed walking around Victoria, British Columbia. 

We walked up to Chinatown, browsing through stores and taking photos with various painted bears. We also enjoyed a nice lunch.

After checking out their capitol building, we returned to Port Angeles.  Our final day was spent driving from there home to Bend.