cop car

COP CAR!
So, We went to Seattle this weekend so that OJ could ride the Seattle to Portland (STP) with my brother Josh . The first day was great! We went to the children's museum, called the fire department to come and put out a 3 foot fire next to the pay to park kiosk, checked out the space needle, and we met OJ and Josh at a few of their waypoints and cheered them on. Perfect! Then on Sunday morning after I dropped OJ off in Centralia to continue his ride I took the kids up to the Mount Saint Helens visitor center. We hiked around for a little bit, but the kids weren't up for it. Aponi was pretty much freaking out, so we left. As soon as we got on the freeway the truck lost power and we broke down. A state trooper showed up after a few minutes and we got to sit in the back of the cop car until my tow truck showed up. The kids thought it was the best. The tow truck winched the truck up onto the back of the truck with us in it. So, we got to ride in our truck on top of his truck back to the repair shop. Aspen was recording it all with the video camera. The kids kept asking me if we could get popsicles after we were done being broke down. Anyway, we got the truck fixed,OJ finished the ride, the kids got thier ice cream, and we are getting ready for next weekends family reunion in Glenwood, (if the fire gets under control); OJ is supposed to guide a group of our club members up the Adams next week... we'll see what the fire says about that...

oregon coast

Just got home from the oregon coast. We camped out for a 5 days with JJ and Sam. We had a great time. Stayed at Fort stevens, rode bikes with the kids, played in the freezing ocean, saw Brett Ottley and his family, saw my cousin, paid for firewood, bon fire on the beach, dirty sandy kids... It was beautiful. check out the pics.