Ryan's First Flag Football Season

Ryan tried Flag Football for the first time this fall and absolutely fell in love with the sport. Coach Carter made it so fun and Ryan loved playing with his good buddy Cole and Max! We looked forward to each Saturday. The personalized jerseys were icing on the cake too!

First Day of of School 2021-22...

This year we are trying new things. The biggest of them all is starting a new school. 

On a wild hair during Covid I applied to St Pius. I drove past the school on my way to gym and couldn't get over that they were having kids IN school IN person! I felt prompted to apply and we got the two younger boys in. Well the day is finally here! Ryan is in Mrs. Conner's 3rd grade class. Look at those textbooks?! I have never been more excited for him to actually get to learn out of a book, and not an ipad. My heart is bursting for him! I meant to apply for Pre-school for Preston but mistakenly hit Kindergarten, so Preston is in Mrs. Mattecheck's Kinder class of 17 kids. This school has high expectations, but they have two teachers per class to help ensure the kids are finding success. I am nervous but hopeful we will have a great year!

Kate is in 8th grade at Tumwater and Zach is a junior this year at Sunset. We are not thrilled about the masks, but are willing to follow the rules to be able to be IN PERSON! 

And for the first time in 16 years I have an empty house. I am sure I will find plenty of things to do to keep myself busy, but really hope I find time to sit still and do nothing. Sadly sitting still is really hard for me.

 

Oregon Zoo with Berrett and Rad...

We invited our best buddies Berrett and Rad to go to the Oregon zoo with us. The animals were out to play today, especially Nora, the polar bear! I am sad summer is almost over but I am glad we snuck in this summertime tradition.

 

Ryan's THUSC Summer Soccer

Ryan had his first club soccer tournament. Its nice to see things start to trend closer to normal over these warmer months. What a fun group of boys! A lot of these boys will be who Ryan goes to school with next year as we are making the transition from Bonny Slope Elementary to St. Pius.

 

Ryan's First Flag Football Experience...

Ryan and his buddy Braxton played spring flag football. He had so much fun and highlighted are his bombs to Braxton for the goal. 

 

Finally IN PERSON School...

After months and months of online school, the kids finally get to re enter their schools. They go for 2.5 hours a day with masks on, so they don't catch or spread Covid. It is completely ridiculous that they have been out of school this long so I will take the small win that this is. I have written so many emails, attended more zooms than I can count to advocate for my kids and all the kids of Oregon to get back to school. II even went to a couple rallies around town to try and draw attention to how horrible this school closure has been. This is s a small step in getting back to normal. 

 

Ryan's Baptism...

Ryan has had an eventful couple of weeks. Christmas, his birthday at Great Wolf Lodge, snow skiing at Hoodoo for the first time and now getting baptized to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Grandma Laraine spoke about Baptism, Grandma Marostica spoke about the Holy Ghost, and Dad gave the comfirmation. Zach was old enough to baptize Ryan so that was such a neat experience for our family. We all gathered at the Stake Center with close friends and family, and logged those that couldn't be there in person on zoom to witness. It was special and you could tell how proud Ryan was to be baptized. We celebrated with lunch at our house afterward.