Another thing that Trey is very into right now is Pokemon. God help us all. I don't even know how he initially got introduced to it, but it is one of his favorite things and he talks about it constantly. The only good thing about his obsession with Pokemon is that he's not quite as obsessed with Minecraft.
Each month we rotate through our neighborhood friends' houses for a night of fun, food, and general debauchery. In May we were at Owen's house, and the kids had a great time in the backyard. Trey even fell out of the treehouse and lived to tell about it. These nights together are super fun and one of my favorite things about Trey going to kindergarten in his neighborhood school.
Owen, Trey, Jaxon, and Ryder in the hammock
The kids chowing down
I can't remember which kid took this, but it took several shots to fit us all in.
Roasting marshmallows on the fire
Trey has become an awesome reader and one of my favorite things is when I bring home a good book from the library and he will lie on the couch and read for over an hour. He especially likes graphic novels, but his interest varies from dinosaurs to realistic fiction to things like Captain Underpants.
On Memorial Day weekend we had a day out with Curt and Ana. We started at Washington Park and then headed down to NW Portland for ice cream. This is pre-Pokemon Go days, so the kids actually talked about normal things.
As I wrapped up my last year as a special ed teacher, I was mostly overwhelmed with getting all of my work done and proctoring state testing and did not get to spend as much time with my students as I would have liked. There are a few things I will really miss about being a teacher, and little monkeys like the ones below are two of them. I do think I will miss the relationships I have with kids and parents when I am not in the classroom, but there are other things I will not miss (like teaching).
I was presented with the opportunity to teach a class at George Fox University this spring. I was excited to get back into teaching at the university level, and this was one of the things I was worried about when I was in the hospital because my first class was supposed to be that weekend. Luckily, I have an amazing support system, and one of my colleagues covered the first two sessions for me. At the beginning of June, I was to head out to the Dalles for an all day Saturday class, and I found out that a train had tipped over and had closed the highway. We could say that this is one of the times that Google Maps and Waze failed us because they misled us big time.
After spending way too much time in traffic, we turned around in Hood River and went up the on ramp and headed back west. I got us the last hotel room at the Best Western in Cascade Locks, and it was amazing. The views were gorgeous, Trey loved the pool, and the bed was SO COMFORTABLE. I was sort of bummed that we were there for such a short time.
Someone was excited to go swimming!
The view from our balcony
Randy went up the road to a brewery and got us take out for dinner.
Not too shabby of a place to eat...
At the end of the night I sat out on our balcony and prepped for class.
I love the gorge so much.
Trey watching Saturday morning cartoons before we left.
Need a pillow?
Free breakfast on the way out!
Randy and Trey spent the day at Nicole and Danny's house in the Dalles while I taught class. Basically what that meant was Randy drank beer and Trey swam. Everyone was happy.
Randy and Nicole
After class was over, I picked up the boys and we headed to Cor Cellars, our favorite winery in the gorge. We checked out their new tasting room and picked up our shipment. It was the most excellent weekend!
Supportive parents sweltering in the sun
Later that day we went to Julie and Tim's to cool down in their backyard. The boys always have fun in the water, but this time it was the grown ups who got wet and cooled down.
Water fight!
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