bter What do you do when your oldest had a track meet and you're other children have a school performance? You devide and conquer!
Kevin took Noah, Abbie and Preston to the school performance and I went to the meet. Kevin was able to grab this picture before running out the door.
Kevin asked some close male family and friends to write a letter to Hunter on his 13th birthday. He asked that the letters offer advice, words of wisdom, encouragement, verses or quotes as he journeys into his teenage years and is becoming a young man. Kevin hopes that these letters will be a keep sake for Hunter and a guide for him to refer to over the years.
Out of all Hunter's birthday gifts the letters were his favorite. He loves to read them and keeps them right on his dresser so he can see them.
The power of encouraging words from influential men in Hunter's life means a lot.
Noah crossing the finish line.....26.2 miles
Today was the school jog a thon and our kids did awesome. Noah ran a marathon is 5 1/2 hours!!! Abbie ran a half marathon and Preston 10 miles. Poor Hunter pulled a muscle in his track meet yesterday and was only able to run for a bit today. So proud of our runners!!!
This guy turned 13 today! We are now parents of a teenager. Hunter is still as sweet as he was when he was a little boy. We are looking forward to this next phase and getting to watch him grow into a wonderful young man. ❤💜💙
Hunter ran in his second track meet last week and did vey well. He ran the 400 meter (1 full lap) and the 110m hurdles. He came in 4th place out of 8 runners in the 400 and 3rd place in the hurdles out of 8 runners. So proud of him for doing such a great job.
Yesterday, Hunter and I went with the youth group hiking up Misery Ridge near Smith Rock. It was a perfect day with white puffy clouds and blue sky. If you look closely you will see "Monkey Face" which is a large rock resembling the face of a monkey.
Deer are normal to have around here, but over the past few months a pair of peacocks seems to have made a 6 house block in our neighborhood their home.
Kevin took pictures of the backyard and a few people asked to take some pictures from a different angle.
The last picture is of Kevin working on building the garden. Kevin loves working in the yard and it's so fun seeing him getting to do what he loves..... Rain or shine.
Last summer, we did our front landscaping near the end of June. We focused here as that was the first thing people saw when they came up to the house. This spring I wanted to get our sides and back done a little earlier so we could enjoy the yard through the entire summer.
Here is a 'before' video from about 2.5 weeks ago.
Here is the 'after' video from today. They finished Friday and spend the day today putting some rocks along edges where it was steep to prevent erosion.