Amazing sunset tonight.
Hunter had his high school graduation Friday evening June 9 from Baker Academy. We went to Bend Burger Company after for dinner. Saturday June 10 we had a graduation party at the house for family and friends.
Graduation party setup
Graduation Party
Graduation night
This was our second annual year end boys bible study raft trip. My neighbor and friend Mark hosts a boys bible study weekly through the school year and the raft trip is the year end capstone.
https://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/view/river-detail/1519/main
We actually put in about 4-5 miles upriver from the states start at tollgate campground as there was a place to park our rigs. This upper section of the river was narrow and filled with excitement. It was actually our favorite segment of the entire trip.
This made our trip approx 47 ish miles for the weekend putting in Friday at mid day and taking out Sunday at mid day. Friday we did about 12. Saturday was our long day at over 25 miles and then Sunday was about 10 miles to the take out in monument.
The put in
Fun on the river
Over the last two months, I have been working on a backyard expansion. I started the first week of April and just finished (end of May).
Left (south) side of the back yard
Before: In 2018 we put in the first stage of the backyard in April of that year and I also built a garden off to the left side completed in June of that year. You can see what was left natural.
Here is the new expanded south side completed.
Right (North) side of the backyard
Before: We had a small rustic fire pit with log that got overgrown as you can see in the second picture
Here is the new right/north side of the backyard:
Some pictures of the project at various stages
There is a massive rope swing at one section on the Deschutes river near an area called the big eddy. Noah and some friends went out to try it out. Here is a video of Noah. Some serious hang time when you let go
Fresh snow overnight at bachelor and clear sky’s today - we decided to head up for perhaps our last day. Not because there isn’t enough snow - just that May gets busy. Great day today especially with fresh powder.
Happy birthday, Hunter! We love the man you are becoming. We are so proud of you! ❤️
After a few years Abbie finally got her braces off. It was a good day!
Before in February 2020
May 2, 2023
After
Abbie does competitive cheer as her sport and loves every minute of it. She had four cheer competitions this year where we got to travel to. Her competitions were in Tacoma, WA, Bellevue, WA, Las Vegas, NV and Portland, OR. Her team won two 1st places, 5th place and 3rd.
When we got to travel to Las Vegas we stopped in Orange County first and went to Disneyland with Aunt Jennifer and Olivia. It was a surprise and we had so much fun. We then drove with Lulu, Auntie Erin, Aunt Jenn and Olivia to Las Vegas. It was a memorable weekend.
Hunter and I drove to Washington yesterday to pick up a ‘project bike’. It’s a 3 cylinder 82 Yamaha 750 with a shaft drive (vs chain). It’s not running now so first part of the project will be engine work.
Below are some pictures of what people have done with these bikes to get an idea of the finished product.
