Soccer season!

Both boys had a great soccer season and had tons of fun and gained a lot of skills and confidence! Here are some photos of their hard work! Eli on the Hot Wheels (light gray or blue pinney), and Ben on the Timbers (lime green). I'm still working on adding some video...

Wish I hadn't chopped off the top of Ben's head on this one...

 Eli scored on this one!

 Ben scored on this one!

August and September - boys and Jen to MN, girls visit, Eli turns 5, Sun River, school starts!

The boys and I travelled to MN for a visit.  Super fun.  I'll let the pictures tell most of the story...

Gma and Gpa got some new kayaks and diving raft!

 

The Minnesota girls visited Oregon, and we had quite the fun time!  They arrived late Thursday, Friday we hit the beach for fish and chips, lots of pit stops for beach walks, tide pooling, rock scrambling and shopping.  Couple that with the fantastic ocean views (ha - as the fog thickened throughout the day), and a fantastic dinner at a nice restaurant where 2 ladies picked up our rather large tab as a random act of kindness and we had a great day!  Saturday we hit the Columbia River Gorge for hikes and views.  Super fun. We made it back for dinner, wine and Moscow mules and lots of reminiscing.  Sunday we took it easy and had a fancy breakfast and drove to a winery for views and pictures.  I didn't take enough pictures, but here are a few!
 

 

Andy and I celebrated 10 years!

 

The boys practicing for their first day of school!

 

Landscaping!

Boys with Eli's new LEGO set...

 Eli turned 5!

Supply night!

 

First Day! 2nd grade for Ben and Kindergarten for Eli

 

 

Sun River!

Lava caves

Lava Butte

 

 High Desert Museum

 Bike rides

 Enchanted Forest

 

 

 We finished our tanglebox passport and celebrated at DQ!

 

Soccer began for the boys, Ben on the Timbers and Eli on the Hot Wheels.