The Coombs Family

We decided to head out the door to Sunriver the last weekend before school starts. It was full of all the regular adventures we have come to love. We went with Jen and Tyson Scott and their three kids. We were there Friday through Monday and it was a great time away from work and home responsibilities. Here we are the first night on our first ride to the duck pond. Something new that we haven't done before is take the lift at Bachelor up to the top. It was FREEZING cold on the lift. We brought all the clothes we could and blankets and we still froze to death. Luckily you can buy boiling hot hot chocolate at the top and sit by the fire. The kids got to do the bumper cars, so did the dads. Play miniature golf. Jump on huge trampolines. Climb rock walls.  Jump in bounce houses. The men went fishing and caught some fish. They mostly stared at the fish and begged them to bite their flies, but they did catch a few. The women did some pretty amazing puzzles and talked ab...

For Ronin's first birthday in January we got family pictures. Time flew by and I never picked up my disc of all the photos. Now I finally have them. Here's to my baby turning one, and my amazing family putting up with fancy clothes and posing for pictures.

My cousins Jessica and Jocelyn brought their families and came to Oregon for my nephew Logan's farewell. What made it a bonus is that it was also Jessica, Rhoda and my birthday. Hence the R2J2. We named this special week and decided we would celebrate each year a new place. From now on, we will try to make it a week together more often than not. This year we went to the Oregon coast, we hiked Opal Creek, we ate way too much food, we stayed up late laughing, and we spent all our time together. Here are a few highlights from our trip. We toured Tillamook cheese factory. The kids found it amazing. It was pretty cute and I haven't taken the kids before. They were impressed and now they want to buy Tillamook cheese or ice cream whenever we shop. So I guess the marketing design around the tours is paying off. Tony and Jocelyn wanted to go to a lighthouse they went to when they were married, so we toured that. And we got to see the octopus tree, which is actually pretty cool. ...

Mr. Calvin turned 6 years old this year and had a Paw Patrol birthday party with a ton of kids. We decided to use the church building and play dodgeball, have pizza delivered, and let the kids run around like crazy. It turned out perfect. Calvin is a huge fan of playing tag at school. Every chance he gets he wants to be running and playing with friends. He will only wear clothes that don't make him sweat very much and shoes that make him run fast and won't come untied. When we pick him up from school, he's usually completely sweating and exhausted and really thirsty. Having a birthday as school is ending and summer is beginning is so fun. The weather wasn't great this year so we opted for indoors, but it turned out to be tons of fun. Calvin wanted both boys and girls at his party and was very worried about Shelby and Ronin having enough friends there for them to also be happy. He has a big heart and always wants to make sure everyone has a good time. For being so ...

We went with friends back to Sunriver and there was still snow! We had the best of both worlds, snow, sunshine, warm weather and happy kids. The Knapp family went with us and their four kids. We did all of the usual adventures but this time we went to the mountain and went sledding. It was hilarious. The kids went down a hill repeatedly and almost every time Shelby would get enough speed to head straight for the door to a bathroom that was down by the parking lot. Nobody else made it quite that far but she did and she loved it. Even Ronin hit the sled with dad. Shelby loves to ride to the duck pond and can find her way around Sunriver without much help. It's frightening because I worry she will take off because she is so confident and she won't tell anyone. Calvin didn't quite have his riding legs ready in early April for miles and miles of riding. He needs a bigger bike now and that didn't help. He rode in the trailer for long rides with Ronin. ...