Saturday, February 27, 2010

Basketball

The basketball season is just about over so I thought I better get at least one blog in. Basketball is definitely not Ellie's strong sport. Her first game was great and then she seemed to lose a little focus in there until this second to last game. She played great today. When she concentrates she is an average player, she will never have the speed you need to really compete. She has a great time though and is getting good exercise! We are very proud of her.



Jack and Doug got to keep the books for one game. Jack loved that!
Every Saturday after games we would go to lunch with my mom. This was the Olive Garden week.

Friday, February 19, 2010

President's Day weekend

We had a great long weekend of fun. For President's day weekend we rented a cabin at Camp Sherman. It was the cutest place. They had a lodge that had tv(no tv's in the cabins)pool table, foosball, and ping pong. They also had a basketball court, tetherball and playground. We were about 15 minutes from HooDoo and 10 minutes from Sisters. We had a blast. Each night we had dinner in Sisters. On Sunday, Ellie and I did the Autobahn sled trails. The weather was awful, it was raining but we still had fun. Jack and Doug played in the snow a little and then stayed dry while we were sledding. On Monday we took Ellie to HooDoo for ski school. She did great. She loves skiing. After ski school we sledded and played in the snow. Monday was a beautiful day. We also went to the fish hatchery and saw the head of the Metolious River. We had a great trip. The kids are so much fun to travel with!


They even had a low hoop so Jack could make lots of baskets.

Relaxing and looking so much alike!
Jack loved ping pong, the kids had never played before.

Getting soaked but having quality time together
It is a really fun sledding park, now I want to go when it is NOT raining!
While we were in line Ellie would go play with Doug and Jack.
Jack likes the snow until he gets too cold and then he is done.
The rope tow takes you up the hill. You could choose to walk, but chose riding to the top.
We realized she had a rip in her snowsuit so she was soaked all the way through, but she still loved it.
Self portrait at the top

The next day was very different weather, perfect for skiing. Ellie was able to ride the big chairlift and do two runs on real beginner runs. It was really fun to watch her improve.
Now this is the kind of day to play in the snow!

Even after a day of skiing she was ready for more fun!

Walking to the head of the Metolious River
We played lots of games: Monopoly, Uno and Yahtzee


That's our cabin in the background