Scott and I went to see Jim Gaffigan (a comedian) in Portland one evening. Very Fun!!
Celebrating Scott's birthday at Ma2 and Pa2's house
And celebrating at our house.
Happy Birthday Scott!!
Emma finished her basketball season and was the big ticket winner at their pizza party.
I've been chipping away at some classes for my graduate degree program - I completed two classes this spring - both on algorithms and data structures. The classes are hard - here's a pic from the middle of a video - it just looks confusing, doesn't it? And sometimes all the writing is hard to read - but I'm getting through it. I am really enjoying the algorithms classes but some of the concepts can be really hard to wrap your head around. Even when I'm writing the code its hard to keep track of everything. That's one reason why we get computers to do it - our meat brains can't handle it all. Trying to be kind to myself when I get confused.
Emma's drew a picture for Girl Scouts and it got to be displayed in the library - exciting!!
Baby stepping through Book of Mormon reading this year - I liked this Instagram post
As the weather gets drier we've been hiking a little more. Here we are going up Beacon Rock
John was nervous about the heights but persevered - it was windy at the top that day!!
Having nature fun going back down
Big boy game time
Anna applied and was interviewed to be on the yearbook staff next year - and she got accepted! She is excited about it although she didn't have extra room in her schedule for that and choir - so she is planning to take a zero period so she can do both. Hoping it works out for her schedule. The yearbook staff had a welcome gift delivered to her class to tell her she got in. Woohoo!!
Matthew got his braces off - here he is before
And after - he'll do a retainer for a bit
This is Matthew just before getting his braces on in the fall of 2022.
He's grown a lot.
Matthew was in the school play as a ghost/ancestor - they got to pick their characters back story and he chose conquistador - the costume department went all out on his costume - he looked so cool!! And he did a great job!! Matthew was recently accepted into the school's theater honor society - he has been involved with every play the school has put on since he has attended high school.
Another hike at Multnomah Falls this time.
We hiked to the top of the falls - its a bit of an uphill trek.
Getting to the top was an emotional and physical struggle - John was feeling sad by the time we got up there - and also was nervous about the heights - so we did a quick pic then he moved far away from the edge.
He was a lot more perky on the way down - we all were.
Grant made this self portrait for school - it was based on a picture from when he was little
This is the inspiration picture - when Grant was little he liked to save time by wearing his clothes in layers. So here he has pajamas, on top of church clothes on top of school clothes...or something like that. Then he can just peel off a layer and be ready for the next thing. He was in kindergarten in this picture.
John has been doing a lot of swimming - he recently passed off some skills and is now ready for the "pre-comp" swim level. After that he can be on the swim team if he wants. Way to go John!!
We had a little health scare one morning - Scott passed out twice. It looked a little bit like a seizure - so I was scared and we went to urgent care where they recommended going to the emergency room. After some nausea medication, an IV and many hours in the ER, Scott was feeling kind of better. The ER did a bunch of scans and test as well and couldn't find anything alarming. They decided it might have just been dehydration - so we headed home. No more incidents since. Also I'm told we are supposed to say ED as in "Emergency Department" since it is much more than just a "Room" but old habits are hard to break.
Another hiking day - just me and the younger kids this time so Scott could recover from his not feeling great days. Camas lilies are not quite in bloom yet.
Fun hiking!
the kids got creative with their Easter egg decorating.
Matthew made a Megamind egg and Anna had a Despicable Me/Minions theme this year - see all her yellow minion eggs on the plate?
Anna has been making lots of cute crocheted creations lately
This one is a frog
Easter egg hunt
And we had lots of company for Easter dinner - and when we have company I forget to take any pictures of it. But it was a nice evening with family and lots of food. Happy Easter!!
