Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Pictures tell the story

Reading at the automotive store.

Skipping stones.

Random after dinner shot...look at that sky!

I had no idea Sean took this with my phone.

Hike with friends in the Gorge.

After a week long field trip at the coast, this is what happens on the ride home.

This is also what happens after the field trip. 

Portland's Japanese Garden.

The boys.

Investigating mail from Coach.

Kicking off summer!

Hermanos.

Saturday, April 9, 2016

The usual photo update

Climbing on things in Seattle

Walking home after dinner, also Seattle 

Morning at the hotel which had an amazing restaurant.

Seattle Art Museum. Very nice!

Top Golf.

Indoor Skydiving!

Last XC ski of the season.

April?? Hard to believe it was warm enough to be on the water. It should be noted the water is still very cold.

VooDoo Donut. Jackson played soccer right next to this famous PDX donut shop so we had to go.


Not pictured: endless loads of laundry, the daily afternoon drive to Sean's bus stop, to swim practice, to Jackson's soccer practice, back to soccer, back to swim, keeping Lucy fed and exercised or she'll find things to chew on (mostly toilet paper)....I could go on. I feel like a blog is a place to share our high points but then it doesn't fully reflect our lives with all the worry, grumpy days, school struggles, etc.  Overall, things really are good. But it should be noted that the angst-y moments  aren't depicted here. I'm not sure what those photos would look like anyway. Could be interesting. I could start with photos of the boys rooms in the natural state(!).
 Maybe the blog is a good reminder to focus on the happy moments because that's truly what gets us through the bad days.

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Things happening lately

Jackson and I went cross country skiing.

The entire fam on the chairlift!

Rainy winter nights.

Portland Auto Show...or the chance to sit in cars you won't ever actually buy because they're ridiculously expensive.

Beautiful scenes from the drive home from skiing.

Sean on the court.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Winter happenings

From the 5k race we did on Thanksgiving

Wine tasting

From the week after Christmas...the place we rented in Hood River was great. 

Enjoying the view.

Snow dog.

Jackson skiing at Mt.Hood Meadows.