Tim Turns 11!!

Tim turned 11 on Monday.  We celebrated with most of the family on Sunday afternoon (it was CHILLY!).  The next day he was off to OMSI's Master Chemist day camp (which was a birthday present).   He wore his hydrogen shirt (on the right, thanks (g)Uncle!) to the first day - the instructor's loved it.

The drive to and from camp has been interesting with him sharing weird and random science stories from a new book (another birthday present.)

Suttle Lake

Here are a few more pictures we didn't put on Facebook from our trip.  Including kayaking in the rain, which was actually fun.  

Camping at Harris Beach

We camped at the south coast of Oregon, just north of California for five days.  The weather stayed dry, not exactly warm, but we were happy not to get rained on in the tent.

We spent a lot of time down at the beach, made a trip into California to the Redwoods where we hiked around the huge trees, and cooked a lot of smores.

Tim at Camp

Tim went to Ascension Episcopal Camp in Cove again with his friend Elias for a week.  This year they attended the Film Makers camp.

Tim starred in a short comedy about Larry, a chicken bear thing everyone called Larry even though that wasn't his real name.  It was pretty funny and Tim did a good job hamming it up with a red cone for a beak.  Sorry, we don't have a picture of the full costume.

He also got to do all the other typical camp stuff.  Skits, campfires, twister, staying up too late.  Everything that makes camp fun.

Summer Track

Joe signed up for Gold Medal Track Camp up at Lewis and Clark College.  He had some great coaches and got to spend a lot of time on his favorite events: javelin, shot-put, and especially the discuss.

It lasted all week from 9-3, and the sun came out enough one day to give him a nasty sun burn.  It went back to cloudy after that which he didn't mind at all.  He decided cool weather is perfect for a week of track.

Best of all, during the week he achieved some new personal best records.  (Thanks to Grandpa D for the pictures!)

Badmniton in the Park

Steve and Joe (playing against Holly and Grandma B) during cousin Sidra's birthday party at the park.

Joe is 14!

Earlier in the week Joe took some friends to play Laser Tag for a pre-birthday party.  They had a lot of fun and won 4 of their five games. On Sunday we celebrated with family and had an almost-warm/almost-sunny party.  It was still a LOT warmer than his first birthday party (rain, drizzle, and everyone was huddled under the covered patio). 
It was nice having the family together, Joe really enjoyed himself, and we'll do it all again for Tim in three weeks.