Category: Family

  • Boys’ last track meet of the season

    Wed., the boys had their last track meet of the season.  Well, officially, Kenny had his last track meet of the season.   Nathan isn’t technically in track, but they have an open 4 and under division that we let him pick 3 events to participate in.  Of course, that means that Alyce and I get…

  • A long weekend reprised

    I hope everyone had a nice 4th of July weekend.  We had a good one.  Our little town of Independence, OR goes all out on the 4th.  They have two fireworks celebrations (one for the locals, one for everyone else) — they have a mini-marathon, a large parade and a carnival that goes on for…

  • We must be doing something right

    Thursday, we sat down and met with Kenny’s teacher for a parent/teacher conference.  He’s doing exceptionally well.  He reads, writes, etc. all above grade level — and I understand is quite the orator during their sharing times. 🙂 Anyway, during the meeting, Kenny was asked to pick out a story that he’d written (a short…

  • Tracking Santa

    This has been a tradition in our house for the past 4 years — but each Christmas eve, the boys and I use NORAD to “track” Santa.  It’s a neat, fun little thing that NORAD does that the kids really enjoy.  If you’ve never seen it, check it out: http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html

  • Independence, OR Ice Storm Dec. 23, 2008

    We got off a lot better than the folks in Portland, but Sunday saw the arrival of an ice storm that left about 3/4 – 1 inch of ice on things (which left a number of trees shattering throughout the day) turning the sidewalks, roads, etc. into an ice rink.  I posted a few pictures…

  • Family Pictures

      So, I’ve posted a couple of pictures on my facebook page for folks wanting to see what the family is up to.  So for those interested, you can find: A couple pictures of the family at my brother’s wedding at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=48487&l=9b376&id=792728815 A couple pictures of this weeks snow at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=48490&l=604a0&id=792728815 A couple pictures of…

  • 2008 Jack-o-lanterns

    So, I got off easy this year  Unlike past years, when the boys have asked for pumpkin themes that took me hours to carve, this year, they picked fairly simple images (and patterns).  So here they are: Kenny’s Pumpkin   Nathan’s Pumpkin (a skull with spider webs — he picked it):   –TR

  • Weekend in Disney

    After returning home from Vermont, I had to make good on a promise that I made back in June to my boys — so we packed up and heading down to Disneyland.  For Nathan and Kenny, this was their first time down at Disneyland.  In fact, for Nathan, it was his first time on an…

  • R & R

    The past couple of days, I’ve been spending a few quite days in Vermont ahead of the ReadEx Digital Institute.  I’ve had the opportunity to be able to attend and speak at this little shin-dig for a number of years, and this year is no different.  I actually like this get together a lot for…

  • A Day out with Thomas the Tank Engine

    It’s been a busy 4th of July weekend and we still have one more day of fireworks left.  Whew!  Today, we took the long drive from Independence to Hood River, Or. to spend a day with Thomas the Tank Engine.  This was something that we had done when Kenny was 2 1/2, before Nathan was…