Because I didn't blog all summer long, I have been trying to group my pics into logical blog posts that aren't freakishly long. These pictures are kind of the leftovers, so I thought I'd put them in one post. I'm not sure of the timing on some of them, but oh well...
Trey loves the playground at the Tualatin Hills Parks and Rec Center on 158th and Walker, so we often went there after soccer class at the beginning of the summer. Sometimes Randy would come meet us for lunch which was a special treat.
One hot day Randy met us at Baskin and Robbins after work for a special treat and then we headed up to Bimart to buy a new inflatable pool for the backyard.
We spent a lot of summer afternoons with Grady and Case, and they often ended up in these seats with their mini popsicles.
One afternoon I was really tired of doing coursework, so Trey and I ventured out on our park project. We were not very successful at hitting all of the parks in Beaverton, partially because of the excessive late afternoon heat this summer and partially because of my coursework. On this afternoon, we tried about five different parks that did not have playgrounds until we finally ended up at Sexton Mt. Elementary School's playground.
More popsicles
My dad came up for a few days and had some summer fun with us. He has stopped working after over 50 years of being one of the hardest workers I know. We are so proud of him and glad that he has more time to spend with us!
Trey has become my new movie buddy, and we had fun going to see movies like Inside Out and Minions this summer. We took Grandpa Gerts to see Home at the cheap movie theater, and I'm glad it was cheap because the movie was terrible.
Watching a movie and an awful one at that
Guess what? More popsicles!
In mid-July we went to the annual Drink Pink festival at Patton Valley Vineyards. Kris wasn't feeling well and couldn't go, and Sarah had to man the Imbue table with Neil, so Julie and I enjoyed a lot of pink wine on our own. It was a really hot day which diminished the fun just a little bit, but we still had a good time.
Sarah and Neil, serving Imbue cocktails
Delicious paella, one of the main reasons we go
This is where Julie and I spent most of our time,
enjoying the shade and the view
Randy took Trey on a boys' campout with Jason and Declan. Their big one that was scheduled for August got cancelled, but they luckily had already gone on a shorter trip in July. They went to Hideaway Lake up the Clackamas River drainage and, by all accounts, they had a great time.
Trey, Declan and Jason
One evening we headed back to our 'hood to stop by Breakside on our way to pick up Dan and Isi at the airport. Randy and I really miss our old neighborhood, which we talk about at length every time we are back over there.
My old Evaluation Center friends and I got together a few times this summer to see each other and catch up. I hope these reunions continue because I still really miss everyone.
Summer isn't really summer without a lot of ice cream. Trey has finally expanded his horizons beyond vanilla and orange sherbet...although he's not as big of a fan of the chocolate as I would have expected.
Have you heard of Blue Apron? My friend Kerry gave me a free shipment, so we checked it out. I will say that all of the meals I have made from Blue Apron have been delicious and I have really enjoyed not having to do meal planning or grocery shopping, but it is a little out of our price range for weekly at-home eating (comes out to $10 a person per meal with no leftovers) and the amount of packaging really bugs me. Nevertheless, the food and recipes were great. I highly recommend if it is something you are interested in.
When we were at the beach in August, our dogsitter took some really great photos of Bailey and left them around the house for us. These are two of them, and we are so happy she took these pictures because Bailey kind of gets the short end of the stick with picture taking (kind of like your second born who does not have nearly as many pictures taken as your first?).
