We have been coming out in the mornings recently to see a great horned owl swoop off our back porch. Pat was able to capture a picture of our new resident on our neighbors fence! What a beautiful bird... and hopefully he/she cleans up some chipmunks and maybe a rabbit around our place.
A great day starting off with the annual pet parade, followed by swimming, bbq and backyard fire. Thanks to Pat for taking some great photos!
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!
Hunter, Noah and our neighbor Asher sleeping out on the trampoline. Enjoying the morning sun.
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.
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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.
Hunter's end of year middle school trip was to the Oregon coast this year. As with last years trip to Boise, I volunteered as part of the chaperone/driving squad. It was a fun trip with great weather on the first day and decent weather the second two. The kids got to go in the ocean, visit a marine science center, take a boat around Newport Harbor to see the sea life, ride an old railway line with peddle based systems and sand-board on some sand dunes. Great group bonding for grades 5-8. Here are a few pics and a video of hunter on the sand-board.
Happy birthday to the greatest guy we know. So glad we get to call him ours.
We celebrated by having dinner out and Kevin finishing the day working in his garden.
