Saturday, June 06, 2015
Wookies
Ermias loved his soccer team this year! In the last game he scored 4 of the 8 goals, and then won 8 to 2. He got reprimanded by the coach for counting his goals, but otherwise he's doing great! :)
Recorder concert
We had the dreaded fourth grade recorder concert! Mason loved it and played both the regular and alto recorders.
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Exercising the gulls
It's fun to make the seagulls swim across the water with the ferry by giving them popcorn. This one bit Mason's finger shortly after I snapped this picture.
The eagle
We had not seen the bald eagle at our Port Townsend house for a couple of months, but as we got into the boat to spread my dad's ashes, he took off right in front of our boat from what seemed like out of the water. He hung out with us all day long, soaring above our party. It was comforting. Dad loved bald eagles.
Family time at the beach
We have spent a lot of time at the beach - even though we just bought it in January, Dad loved it out there. It's comforting because I feel him out there. We also had his family memorial service out there and spread his ashes in the water right in front of our house. It was a special day -- all of his kids and grandkids were there.
It's June
This has been such a tough month after losing Dad. We all feel a huge hole in our hearts, but we know that his spirit and memories are still with us. Going on is hard and there are many daily events that he should be present in, but is not. Yet still we go. Everyone says the first year is the hardest because you anniversary every event. I don't know if it'll ever get easier because he was such a part of everything with us, but that also means that we remember him in such a special way in everything. He was my biggest "customer" of the blog, so it's been hard to maintain, but ultimately I'm doing this for the kids so that they will have a record of their childhood, so I'm committed to starting again. I'll start posting pictures of the last few weeks - it seems like a blur.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Day 13
This is a hard post for me to write. Today is day 13 post surgery for Grampys back surgery. He went in to have a surgery that was going to give him relief from pain on his lower back, and was supposed to be in the hospital 2 to 3 days. He did not rebound as quickly as planned, and two days ago his bowel burst and he had to have emergency surgery to repair it. At the time, Cindy, the kids and I were in Port Townsend enjoying the weekend at the beach. We received a 2 AM phone call that he was going in for surgery. There was not enough time to rush back before he was going in for surgery, so I was only able to speak to him on the phone before he went in for the second surgery in lesson two weeks. He did not think that he was going to survive it, but we are very thankful that he did.
Today was a good day. He sat up for two hours, still in the critical care unit. He likes Kenzie's cold facial baths and quacks at her if she cuts them short. We spent several hours there, where time seems to stand still, and you can see the pain and frustration on his face. At the same time, today was a good day. His kidneys started working and his heart remain strong. Each day we measure the progress and count our blessings that today was a little bit better than the day before, and hope the same for tomorrow.
Every picture I have puffy eyes. It was a tough weekend. But he's a fighter and he's fighting.
Our Mother's Day hospital selfie
Saturday, May 02, 2015
Coach Michael
Mason has been with Michael for two years now. Tryouts are happening now so we aren't sure if next year will bring change. 
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