Good weekend with the fam

Last weekend was an extended one because of Memorial Day but also because the kids didn't have school Friday either. We did some fun stuff and just really enjoyed our time together. We went to the zoo Saturday morning right when they opened, and it was pretty empty, which is how we like it!









We hadn't been through Lorikeet Landing in a while, so we bought the cup of nectar and fed the birds. Kari's face was so funny. She wasn't sure whether she was enjoying the bird on her hand or not. Joel definitely did not enjoy it, so he gave up his nectar and let Daddy hold it for him. :) Joel expertly dodged a stream of you-know-what from
 the bird, which was pretty funny.

















Enjoying the sea lions swimming right up next to the glass.









Saturday evening we got a babysitter and went and played games with some friends. We're getting better at Dominion and Puerto Rico--both new games for us--and I even won a game of Settlers, a rare occurrence. It was a fun night!

Sunday was church, a nap (Greg and I both fell asleep in the afternoon--can't remember the last time we did that--and it sure was nice.), and dinner with Eric and Leah at our house. We played a round of Puerto Rico while the kids played and then watched a movie.
Aubrey fell asleep that afternoon, too.

The cleaning elves (K&J) tidied the playroom, and Aubrey slept through it all. 

Monday Joel got to go shooting (.22) with Grandpa A. and cousin Sam. Loved it! In the afternoon we took a bike ride on the Springwater trail. It was quite a production loading and unloading all the bikes, but it was worth the effort. We need to practice for Sunriver.

The other thing we did this weekend was prepare for the Basque student (as in, from the Basque Country, an independent region in Spain/France--still learning about it) we will be hosting for a month this summer. It will be quite an experience for our family, I think, and one we're really looking forward to. 

We bought a bed frame on Craigslist (the pick-up on Saturday was part of the zoo plan since the bed was way out in Hillsboro) and bought a new mattress and bedding, so now our student will have a place to sleep! Our plan to is to take the crib down and have Grant sleep in our walk-in closet in the portacrib for that month. We're not sure if we will transition him to a bed afterwards or whether it'll be back to the crib for another little while. Our goal is to get Joel into this room by the fall and have Grant and Aubrey share for a couple years.

We get to meet (over email) our student soon. The kids are anxious to know who's going to be living with us. It's going to be an exciting summer!