Abbie is still in California with lulu and papa so this weekend I took the 3 boys to a rock crawling competition a little east of town put on by the Deschutes county 4x4 association. It was really cool to watch the skills these drivers have!
Kevin along with the beautiful garden he built just put up a pool for our family. Living a little ways out of town and on land makes days at home relaxing. Kevin's next project will be building a fence and deck around the pool. We love our hard working dad!
My grandma turned 96 today. She is the classiest lady I know. She is always positive and joy just radiates from her. I can only hope I can be half the women she is.
Love you to pieces Grandma!
Happy birthday!
Hunter, Noah and our neighbor Asher sleeping out on the trampoline. Enjoying the morning sun.
To say we had fun in California with our cousins would be an understatement!
Nothing better than time spent with the ones you love.
Portland is known as a foodie town. I was there this week for work with a colleague who had lived in the city a few years back. We visited some of his favorites plus recommendations from the local team we were working with. This post is more to log these places for my own future reference, but if you get to Portland OR - definitely some to try.
Food
- food truck culture - we grabbed lunch at the pod on alder street
- Prasad (a first where I had to take shoes off to go to the bathroom since its in the yoga studio)
- Tasty n' Alder
- Tusk
- Bollywood theater - excellent Indian street food
Beverages
- Multnomah Whiskey Library - great selection with an amazing atmosphere. - pictured at top.
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Case study coffee
- Of course... the Portland classic - Stumptown (Ace Hotel)
- Heart Coffee (Westside)
We traveled down to California the day the kids got out of school for my Nana's 90th birthday celebration. Friends and family near and far traveled to celebrate this great lady. It was a fun celebration and we love Nana aka "Gigi" so much. Nana has 4 grown children, 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Everyone was able to make the celebration in honor of Nana's 90 years on this earth. What a legacy! We love you Gigi!
This weekend we were treated to a boat trip to Avalon on Catalina with "Uncle Don" and "Aunt Nancy". Don and Nancy are actually the parents of Dylan (Jennifer's husband) and grandparents to Jennifer and Dylan's children. They have a beautiful boat and they were able to take us on it. Kelly and the kids were lucky enough to go last year, however this was my first time.
At the end of each year the students are award character and academic awards.
We are so proud of our kiddos!
Abbie went to her first feis (dance competition) for Irish dancing this weekend in Portland. Jennifer and Olivia flew in and got to watch Abbie dance. Abbie placed 13th, 4th and 3rd on Saturday and 1st place on Sunday.
It was so fun watching Abbie dance and getting to see so many Irish dancers in one place. After the competition we went into the city and had a fun time all being together.
