Monthly Archives: October 2015
Mt Zion
We’re taking a hike up Mt. Zion because there are NO SPORTS games today! Wow! So I cut the boys loose (only Ben was on board, Sam gripes before every hike “Mom, you’re SUCH a hiking DORK!”) and took off. We had a great time. This is me finding out, though, that Sam has decided to hike WITHOUT SOCKS in shoes WITHOUT SOLES (my fault – he needs new shoes) on a day with 30% chance of rain! It all worked out ok, but hopefully he’ll make better choices. Oddly, I had a long conversation with Ben about proper shoe choice and Sam must have thought none of that applied. 😉
More pictures and the full story in the album…
We hiked past the summit to check out the ledges which offer great views to the Olympics. We were not disappointed. The spitting rain stopped for us to enjoy some time up there.
Skittles and hot chocolate, what could be better?
I have a picture of this same ledge on Labor Day two years ago!
Lunch in Quilcene followed by ice cream cones and basking in the sun. Wonderful 🙂 Thanks, boys! More annotated photos in the album…
“Ice cream cone of JUSTICE!”
Two years ago – Aug 2013.
Marmot Pass + Ben’s first ice hockey game
I can’t believe how busy the past couple weeks have been. I’m sorry for being so lame sharing photos and stories of what the kids are up to. Both are enjoying ice hockey very much, and soccer as well. Last weekend Ben was in a half-day soccer tournament and came off the field after 6 games saying “Can we do this next weekend?” He would enjoy a different sport every day I think. Sam is adjusting really well to 6th grade and getting into a groove managing his organizational skills and homework load. It’s definitely a team effort but he’s taking the lead more than ever and remembering if he’s taking the bus home or catching up with me at school to drive down to ice hockey. The days certainly fly by at this pace!
I’ve been working on coordinating math coach programs at two schools, recruiting and screening volunteers as a good match for the teachers. It is going well but entails quite a bit of communication with all concerned. I’m also starting a Coder Dojo club for after school computer programming with mentors. It’s a cool model conceived by an Irish teenager to get kids into coding, so I’m working on recruiting high schoolers in need of credit or service work hours to be a part of the program. Also working…and the work load is heavy right now.
Here’s a quick video of Ben in his first ice hockey game. It was very cute to see these young kids playing! The 1’17” video ends on a high note – stay tuned to see Ben’s hat trick (third shot) of his first game go in!
We’re hiking up Marmot Pass – called the “champagne hike” of the Olympics, with our hockey buddies. No parents could go this time so it was just Dave and me on point. Ben was hard to stop – he got to Marmot Pass and kept on going up to Buckhorn! He’s nuts.
At Camp Mystery cooking up some chili in a new jet boil stove. Very cool! Oh – and Carver made me eat crickets!
Almost there – 100 yards away now.
We made it! Look at these strong hockey boys!
The summit of Marmot Pass – what a fantastic hike with everything you’d want in an Olympic excursion – river, craggy peaks, fall foliage just turning, and 12 miles to enjoy all that! (roundtrip)