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.

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Catching up with pictures

Summer volunteer dog walking.

Hike to the top of Wind Mountain in the Gorge.

From the Eco Challenge Summer Camp...

The boys had to come up with solutions to environmental issues using art/architecture/computer projects.

Grandparents and a boat ride!

Onenota Gorge hike...first you climb a log jam, then you wade through waist hike water, finally...

You reach the amazing waterfall at the end.

First day of 6th and 8th grade.

Jackson's Spanish class project was cooking a meal from start to finish.

We had empanadas and flan. Very good!

After school snacking, which is sometimes like Dinner part 1.

Feast PDX food festival. And Portland's newest bridge in the background (Tillicum Crossing).

Introducing Lucy, our new dog.


She's a well loved dog for sure.

Visiting with Jackson after soccer.

Apple picking in Hood River.

Lucy's first visit to the Columbia River.

Riding home from a day in Hood River.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Scenes from the beach and remodel in progress

Nehalem Bay.

Morning beach walk.

Visiting with friends and eating birthday cake.

End of surf lesson.

Oswald West State Park.....great for surfing!

Great day to fly a kite!

House project slowly coming together.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Summer Scenes 2015

Sean heading in to the lake with his usual flair.

Quality time with friends-ha! All phones were taken away after this photo. Talk to each other! Go outside! Read a book!

My birthday cruise.

4th fireworks.

Time with friends after we'd all dropped kids off at sleep away camp on the Oregon coast.

Kids at camp=weeknight evening cruise.

Beautiful Oregon berries.