June Misc

Gregg's Ranch. Costco has been out of it for so long, and we've missed it! It's back!

Kari put in many hours of hard, manual labor for Grandpa. Grandma said their neighbors kept stopping by and commenting on her hard work. She got it done--removed the grass and put down rock. 

Unfortunate phone situation--Aubrey's phone fell out of her bag when she got out of her friend's car, and the car ran over it when it backed out of our driveway, so we had to make a trip to the Apple store in Portland that weekend for Aubrey to get the camera fixed. Thankfully, that was all that was wrong with it! It could have been worse. We walked to Powell's Books and got caught in a downpour for a bit. It was an adventure. 

Izzy has been coming over and she and Grant have been playing lots of Spot It, which she is very good at. Everyone is getting in on the action now and have been able to compete. 

Everyone was home one night, and so we finished off the Disney beignet mix we'd had in the fridge for almost a year (a gift from the Pates last summer). We borrowed our electric skillet that we gave to G&G, and it cooked them beautifully. So good!

Seinfeld

We ventured in to Portland with some friends to see Jerry Seinfeld at the Schnitzer auditorium. We carpooled and all rode in the Stump's minivan, ate dinner at food carts nearby, and enjoyed a very funny show. Seinfeld is one of Greg's all time favorite shows, and we were not disappointed. He was entertaining. A guy sitting behind us had a very funny laugh, and we were laughing at his laugh throughout the show, too. 

Foster Lake

The day after we got home from JO quals, I drove Grant and his teammate, Tate, three hours down to the Sweet Home area for the Foster Lake water polo tournament. The kids all tent camp for three nights and play polo games in the lake. It's a pretty great set-up, and Grant had a blast. I was nervous about sending him but felt a lot better when I learned the weekend of quals that Tate was going, too, and that Grant would have a buddy. Tate's mom, Jenn, picked them up at the end of the week and drove them home. Grant played in 17 games and worked the table for 11 games. That is a LOT of polo! 

JO Quals

Because the Mt Hood pool is closed for renovations, we were unable to host the Junior Olympics Qualifier, as we've done in the past, which meant this year we had to travel up to Tacoma, WA, for the tournament. We rented an Air B&B with a couple other families (just the boys and their dads, plus an extra boy), and stayed there three nights. It was a fun weekend, and the boys did well. It was the first time they'd played all together, and we were happy with how they played. We got to know some of the other parents who are newer, and the boys' team qualified for the Junior Olympics in Los Angeles in July. 

On the last night, the team had dinner at one of the boys' grandma's house. She lives 30 minutes away from where we were, and she graciously offered to host a pizza party for the team and for us parents. The last morning were were there happened to be Father's Day. It was a little funny that it was me and a bunch of dads and their sons. We had a delicious breakfast at The Homestead restaurant, a local family owned business that had cinnamon rolls the size of your face. I had one, and it was amazing!

We got home that night in time to go to Gresham Burrito with the kids to celebrate Father's Day together. Great ending to a great weekend.