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| Reading at the automotive store. |
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| Skipping stones. |
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| Random after dinner shot...look at that sky! |
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| I had no idea Sean took this with my phone. |
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| Hike with friends in the Gorge. |
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| After a week long field trip at the coast, this is what happens on the ride home. |
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| This is also what happens after the field trip. |
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| Portland's Japanese Garden. |
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| The boys. |
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| Investigating mail from Coach. |
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| Kicking off summer! |
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| Hermanos. |
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| Climbing on things in Seattle |
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| Walking home after dinner, also Seattle |
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| Morning at the hotel which had an amazing restaurant. |
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| Seattle Art Museum. Very nice! |
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| Top Golf. |
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| Indoor Skydiving! |
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| Last XC ski of the season. |
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| April?? Hard to believe it was warm enough to be on the water. It should be noted the water is still very cold. |
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| 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. |
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| Jackson and I went cross country skiing. |
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| The entire fam on the chairlift! |
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| Rainy winter nights. |
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| Portland Auto Show...or the chance to sit in cars you won't ever actually buy because they're ridiculously expensive. |
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| Beautiful scenes from the drive home from skiing. |
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| Sean on the court. |
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| From the 5k race we did on Thanksgiving |
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| Wine tasting |
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| From the week after Christmas...the place we rented in Hood River was great. |
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| Enjoying the view. |
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| Snow dog. |
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| Jackson skiing at Mt.Hood Meadows. |
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| Summer volunteer dog walking. |
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| Hike to the top of Wind Mountain in the Gorge. |
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| From the Eco Challenge Summer Camp... |
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| The boys had to come up with solutions to environmental issues using art/architecture/computer projects. |
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| Grandparents and a boat ride! |
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| Onenota Gorge hike...first you climb a log jam, then you wade through waist hike water, finally... |
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| You reach the amazing waterfall at the end. |
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| First day of 6th and 8th grade. |
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| Jackson's Spanish class project was cooking a meal from start to finish. |
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| We had empanadas and flan. Very good! |
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| After school snacking, which is sometimes like Dinner part 1. |
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| Feast PDX food festival. And Portland's newest bridge in the background (Tillicum Crossing). |
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| Introducing Lucy, our new dog. |
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| She's a well loved dog for sure. |
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| Visiting with Jackson after soccer. |
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| Apple picking in Hood River. |
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| Lucy's first visit to the Columbia River. |
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| Riding home from a day in Hood River. |
