Portland with James and Oregon Relays Track Meet for the Kids Plus Ski Day and Birthday

I spent a beautiful weekend in Portland with James - eating at delicious restaurants, scoring finds at thrift stores, having a sunny picnic in Washington Park, and going out dancing. Edison and Charlotte were also in Oregon - they got to travel with the Shorecrest Track & Field Team to Eugene to compete in the elite Oregon Relays Invitational Meet in the discus and Charlotte also ran the lead-off leg of the 4x400. While they didn't get PRs, they got to experience a really competitive meet in an incredible stadium and scored 14th and 21st places in the meet in the discus and were at the top of their grade-level in competition. Also - photo dump of an amazing last week... final ski day of the year with Stephanie and Sadie, swim meet in Anacortes and giant donuts with Owen, dual track meet with PRs (Charlotte threw a 107'2" in discus and Edison threw a 43'5" in shot put), and an early birthday dinner with Rebecca and Rachelle at Fire and the Feast in Edmonds. I am feeling grateful for all these blessings and wonderful people in my life.

Boise Weekend for Swimming at NW Age Group Regionals and Skiing Bogus Basin

 The kids and I had a full weekend in Boise - all three of them qualified for the Northwest Age Group Regionals Swim Champs that featured swimmers from as far away as Hawaii, Wyoming and Alaska. All three of them made it to Finals in at least one event and Charlotte got on the podium with an impressive 100 FR. It was really fun to see them achieve their goals at this meet.

We had a great Airbnb near downtown that was the perfect home base. Reed and I even got a ski day in at Bogus Basin on the day he didn't have any events. The snow was amazing and it for a smaller ski area, it had some great terrain. Edison, Reed, and I explored downtown Boise on Sunday in between prelims and finals. We found a cool plaza with an inflatable alien, an incredible play structure and slide (Reed was so bummed it was closed), and scooters. Reed has been wanting to ride an electric scooter since last summer so it was fun to see him actually get to play around with it. We also watched a movie in a very comfy theater. I was able to hop on the Boise River Greenbelt trail and throw down some miles on one of the afternoons while the kids rested. It is a really well-done path through the heart of downtown and through the Boise State Campus. It was a neat way to see the city.