Multnomah Falls

What a hike! This weekend Matt, Lilia, and I visited Multnomah Falls. Multnomah Falls is the second-tallest year-round waterfall in the nation. The water of the Falls drops 620 feet from the top of Larch Mountain. For those of you who haven't been before there is an upper and lower fall. The foot bridge looks over the lower fall. We hiked up to the upper fall, there was a total of 11 switch backs over the course of a mile. This was our first visit to the Falls, but won't be our last. Lilia had a blast and was a happy little bird just taking in Mother Nature.

Top of the Falls, looking back at the water before it makes the plunge.

A view of the upper Fall on the way up.

Looking down over the lower Fall from the foot bridge.

This is fun!

Enjoying some coffee and chai tea before we make the climb.

Summer's begun.... Bring on the Smores

With all this warm weather it seems we have started our summer early this year. Summer brings a few certain things pools, parks, and smores! I came up with a recipe for indoor smores bars since we don't have anything to roast the marshmallows over and we all wanted a good smores fix. They were even messy like the real thing, Kaine ate about half of them alone. I think the pictures tell the real story. The kids have been frolicking in the pool together and we've already made several trips to the nearby parks, just too much fun! We have a lot planned for the summer and we are happy to have an early start with this nice weather!

Smores bars

I got a good thumbs up, thanks Kaine.

Pool time

Fun in the sprinklers

Lilia fell asleep in the swing at the park

Track Meet 2009

Kaine with his teammates

This year Kaine joined the Track team for his Elementary school the Fircrest Falcons. He practiced with his team every Tuesday and Thursday for the past month and even sometimes at home. Yesterday was the big day, the track meet at McKenzie Stadium, unfortunatly due to budget cuts the other track meets were canceled this year:( Kaine did great. He participated in the soft ball throw (similar to the shot put) and the 200 yard dash. He gave it his all and had a good time while he was at it. There were a few minor setbacks like a bloody nose and not having a team shirt to wear (he lost it and didn't tell anyone until it was too late), other then that it all went well. He had a season to be proud of, we are.

Softball throw, no official results yet for his throws, but Matt and I think he did better than the average. He competed against other 3rd grade boys from the school district.

200 yard dash, Kaine is on the far left in the back of the pack, you can barely see him in his grey shirt, he's just in front of those flags.

But he pulls ahead, go Kaine go...

He is doing it!

He finished strong, 7th out of 8, good job Kaine. He received a blue ribbon for his participation.

Kaine and his friends were goofing around and he ended up with a bloody nose.Cleaning up the bloody nose :( Good thing Kaine is tough.