Spring in the Tri-Cities

Like most weekends lately, we have been spending Saturday in Spokane attending either Melissa or Kolby's soccer games. This particular weekend, we had three games: Kolby had two, and Melissa had one. Since it was a half day on Friday, we decided to go up to Triple Play in Hayden and play on Friday night. The bowling was sweet and the the water slides left us deaf (from Melissa's screams) and hoarse (from our own screams)! It was fun to relax, get away from the school/work grind and play together.

The weather has really been unbelievable this spring. Rain like we rarely see in the Tri-Cities. Torrents of rain and then beautiful rainbows. We usually have lots of wind in the spring, but this year instead we have had down pours of inches at a time. Maybe we are just preparing Braden for monsoon season in Mexico! It has caused cancellations of softball and wet soccer practices, but I will still take it over the wind. Our grass has looked so green.

The weather took a break and let Cameron do his Eagle Scout project this morning. He placed bollards along Howard Amon park, replacing the old wooden ones to keep the cars off the grass. The city augered holes 5 feet apart and 2 feet deep. We placed 6 inch pvc pipe in the holes, lined them up and made sure they were straight. We then placed quick set cement at their bases and then filled them with gravel. After they were placed, we painted them. Cameron had about 15 people come and help. It took us about 5 hours and 2 dozen donuts. Now everytime we go to the "fingernail" at Howard Amon, we will see the fruits of our labors! Good job, Cameron!

















Melissa decided to try playing softball this spring. Her team is Rollerena and their colors are hot pink and black. She has enjoyed learning a new sport and has even pitched a few games. She is staying really busy between soccer and softball.