Week 2 - Oregon City - January 6-January 12, 2025On Monday we redeemed Ruby and Jane's Christmas present by taking them geocaching.  It was a perfect day - sunny and relatively warm.  We'd carefully chosen locations that were close and found recently.  Had good luck at Mountain View Cemetery.

This is why the name is "Mountain View"

This one was right at the ate to the cemetery.

Wednesday night at Activity Day we had a Lego Extravaganza.  It was Ruby's first in the older group.   She made a pond with flowers around the outside.

Mike Corbin came to finish installing insulation in the exterior wall of the Mt St Helen room.  As had happened in the Mt Hood room, he found tht some insulation had been stuffed up from below into the space.  We asked Travis if he recognized the work,...and he confessed.  This was probably done about 19192 when Travis was twelve.

On Thursday the CCC Guitar Ensemble began Winter Term.  It was really great as I had diligently practiced and could play most of the pieces pretty well.  We have our concert on March 10 at :30, and we'll be collaborating with  the PSU  Guitar Orchestra.  We'll have a performance at each venue

Also on Thursday I started private lessons with David Tutmark.  That was a good change to make.

Saturday we went to Corvallis for the first gymnastics meet of the season.  And....we drove the new Toyota Grand Highlander which was great because we all fit into the car!!

OSU won the meet handily over BYU.  The main reason is that we have Jade Carey - two time Olympic gold medalist.  She has been at OSU for four years now and has turned the program around.  At this meet she had two 9.90  and 9.95 scores....a couple of them should have been 10.00 - - -but it was the first meet of the season.

We celebrated three birthdays Sunday night.  Paul's, Warren's, and Tyler's.