Beach balls part 2

Beach toys, heading down for the evening

Jumping off exercise ball

He landed it

Great evening we all went swimming 

The kids kept busy jumping on the big balls while throwing a little one

Our version of the debates on TV 

Stoller Vineyards

 The rehearsal dinner was at winery that was gorgeous.  

 The kids quickly found the tire swing and frisbee golf course

 Pete swinging while Shane in the background running after a pokemon

Portland

We headed to Oregon for Natalie and Easton's wedding.  We got there a few days early and explored Portlandia.

 Japanese Gardens, beautiful day 

Luke getting his Tai Chi on

The infamous .........

 We found Voodoo Donuts and it was worth the wait

 Papu loved telling the kids how Oregon is so proud of their water and that it just flows freely out of the drinking fountains

All four of these kids live in drought states, new concept

Lots of good meals in Portland

downtown park, the kids had fun running in the water

We hit all the gardens in Portland since the weather was ideal, here we are in the Chinese garden

art time

Portland is huge for Pokemon-ers.  Shane was in nerd heaven

Riverwalk 

 Celebrating Pete's 17th Birthday, yes we sang LOUD

Our house's view for a few days- chickens, horses, cats

Beach Ball

We brought our exercise ball down to the beach and buried it 3/4 into the sand.  We had a beach trampoline and lots of people staring

Crushers again

Same team, new year.  The girls took 2 1/2 months off and started the season with a tournament.

Resting with coach between games-  that lasted 3 minutes

Winners again, won all 4 games

Hailey and Madi were dying to buy one these headbands.  I told them if they win I would buy them one.  Deep down I hoping they didn't win because they are the ugliest headbands with their names on it.  Hailey had them write Hai Hai on hers and wore it to school the next day.  Aahhhhhhh 😂

Shane's shield

A little about Shane through his eyes