Oregon

Last week, our family went to Oregon because Ryan had a children's choral festival called Piccfest.

When we picked Ryan and mom up, we went on our way to Fort Brag when we had to stop at a gas station. We got out of the car had the guy there fill up the tank, and went to the bathroom. When we got back to the car, it wouldn't start. We were at the gas station for about half an hour calling Mercades Benes dealers (most of theme weren't Mercades dealers anymore). Then we had to call the tow truck. The tow truck took us to the dealer where we spent half an hour. We finally figured out that it was something to do with the shifter and the new shifter wouldn't be there until Wednesday. That meant that we wouldn't be able to go to Fort Brag. We decided to stay in Ashlend which was about twenty miles away. We also went to see the play The Music Man. I don't like the movie but I really enjoyed the play because it was very realistic. Mom, Dad, and Ryan also enjoyed it. It went from 8:30 to 11:00. It was late! We also decided that we would either go to Bolinis Beach for a week afterward or to Fort Brag after Ryan went to boys chorus camp. The next day, we drove Ryan to camp and then headed home. When he comes home it will have been almost a month since he was home. And that was our vacation.

This is our first visit to the Hills swim club. We joined the Wednsday before this picture was taken. Ryan and I were very exited about joining because the only other pool that we could go to without having to take swimming lessons was grandma Pat's pool. Ryan is jumping in the pool and I am going after him. At the pool, we met one of the boys in my grade that I know. I didn't know him very well and he didn't know me. We had only seen each other on the playground before. He invited us to play with him and his friend Noah (the boy in my grade's name is Sam). We played water tag. We had a lot of fun until it was time for us to go. Insted of getting straight into our towels, we went to the hot tub to warm up. We went for our second time on Sunday. I met one of my friends from school there. I had no idea that her family belonged. Her name is Gracie and she has a little sister named Lucy. Lucy is in kindergarten. I also met a new friend named Sydney. She has a friend named Nicole who belongs to the Hills. Fortunately, I got to meet Nicole because she was at the pool because it was such a hot day. We stayed there for three hours that day, and we had an awesome lunch there too. I had a quesadilla with french fries (which was really a grilled cheese sandwich), Ryan had a mini cheese pizza, dad had fish and chips, and mom had a really big gardenburger that she loved(she gave me two slices of tomato). I love the Hills!!!!