5 Sports

I always knew that when I married Kevin, my life would forever be filled with sports. And don't get me wrong, I am not complaining, I actually thoroughly enjoy it. So when our weeks are completely full of sports it is not out of the unusual. Nonetheless I myself was even amazed a little when Sunday came around and I pointed out to Kevin that he had participated in 5 sports in the past week.

Kevin is playing in the intramural basketball and volleyball leagues at OHSU and plays every week.

Friday we went to the driving range to golf a little bit (Kevin's recent enjoyment). Kevin attempted to help me with my swing. However he soon realized I have double jointed elbows that don't work well and therefore there was no hope for my swing. Kevin however did work on improving his swing.

Saturday there was a softball tournament for the dental school. 5 hours of softball. It was enjoyable but hot and left us both with sun burns.

Later that night we took up a new sport and went and bought tennis rackets and spent the rest of the evening playing at some local tennis courts. (Which has become a common occurrence, even in the pouring rain).

Silver Falls

Oh camping how I have missed you! When Nicole suggested we go camping this weekend I was beyond thrilled. The boys however mentioned that they had midterms the next week. Nonetheless between the beautiful 80 degree weather and a couple nagging wives we convinced them that it would be a perfect weekend. Jared and Nicole found the camp site and we made some quick plans, packed up the car, and headed out Friday afternoon. I was going to take a picture of the packed car however I failed at doing so, but you will just have to imagine a Ford Escape packed to the roof in the back except for two little seats for Kevin and I to sit in. All part of the adventure.

Friday night we just relaxed around the camp fire ate smores, roasted star burst, and had some great peach cobbler. Mmmm!

Team work :)

Kevins first roasted star burst.

Sleeping was surprisingly pretty pleasant. Well almost pleasant.  As Nicole put it, crows, dogs, and children make it very difficult to sleep. Those all began at about 5 so after that sleep was ify for everyone. That morning we had a yummy breakfast of breakfast burritos and then headed out to do some hiking and see some beautiful waterfalls. We only got a little lost on our hike when I decided to take a trail that lead off the main trail. We found our way back to the car though. We headed back to our camp site to eat lunch and pack up. We had tin-foil dinners for lunch played some cards and packed up the car. On our way out we stopped and did one more hike to see some more water falls before heading back to Portland. We have already began to plan our next camping trip :)

Uhh... Kevin your growing a tail.

Flash back to the Netherlands (Woodburn Tulip Festival).

One thing that Portland has brought us is great friends. In all honesty there were days when the adjustment to Portland was not so pleasant. I missed my family and the familiar comforts of Idaho. I have definitely grown to love Portland and a big part of that is the friends that we have gained in our move. This weekend happened to be packed with those great friends.

Friday night we went out to Casey's house (a friend of Kevins from school). He lives out in the country and invited everyone out for some horse back riding, skeet shooting, and a barbeque. With the weather being upper 70's it made for a great night.

Saturday the men volunteered to help another dental student move which meant that they also volunteered us. Luckily the move was quick so quick that we decided we had enough day left to go for another adventure. So we quickly grabbed lunch, packed the Pearsons van and headed to Woodburn for the tulip festival. The flowers were beautiful! It reminded me of the Netherlands alot (except it was a lot smaller and I could understand people ha ha). We spent a couple hours walking around and enjoying the beauty before we packed the van again and headed home. Welcome to Oregon summer we are already enjoying your presence. 

My all time favorite picture of the day. Silly boy.