This week I made shrimp tacos.
I also did some alpine skiing.
Conditions were snowy and tricky on Saturday.
A bit better on Sunday.
But there were only two lifts open, so it was really crowded both days.
If this is a turkey…
and this is a turkey.
How many turkeys are in this picture?
On Monday, there was no school, so we went mountain biking. Cold.
And then to the rock gym, where The Mother took no pictures. Then there was school, work, and putting the studs on the car in anticipation of some weather. And weather there was/is. The mountain opened the earliest it has opened since 1998 because they received 66 inches of snow already. I can’t downhill ski for another week (doctor’s orders) but I can cross-country ski.
Here I am dropping the Mother.
66 inches is a lot, but by the end of the year, I’ll be able to sit on this chair.
After skiing, I went to Jameson’s for a sleepover. Although, sleep maybe shouldn’t be included. We didn’t go to bed until 11 and were up at 6:30 am. We did a lot of marble run building.
When it was time for The Bigs to pick me up, J and I were not ready for the party to stop, so we went to the climbing gym.
I like to make things. I bought myself a loom and have been making lots of hats. I made one with glitter yarn (right pumpkin) for GG Marie.
And one with earth tones for The Mother.
Dad trimmed the trees this weekend, so I made a wreath with the clippings.
I am also working on a rocket. I made this one with items I salvaged from the recycling bin.
AND, I made shrimp ramen.
This blog was written by Emmett (and then Mom added some things).
We made cookies for Halloween.
One night for dinner, I made brats and sauerkraut and dad made the broccoli.
For Halloween I was a cowboy. Here I am before school on Tuesday.
I never got to go trick or treating. I had a fever of 104 on Halloween night, so I had to stay in. I feel much better now.
I made a hat at school using a loom
It’s Alex Honnold, um that’s a little off, it’s just Emmet in the living room playing with ropes
We took Nana to dinner at Dear Mom.
Mocktail yum yum yum
Nana and I had Dad’s Garlic Shrimp.
Mom had Khao Soi: Northern Thai famous dish “Khao Soi” Egg Noodle in aromatic rich coconut curry broth, bean sprout, pickled mustard, raw shallot, crispy wonton, cilantro, and smoke garlic chili oil and lime
Dad had the Sukhothai Noodle: One of Thailand’s most savory noodles! Rice Noodle, house roasted pork, ground pork, crispy wonton, Bean sprout, pork crackling, roasted peanuts. green beans, dried shrimp and cilantro
The Bigs went to parent/teacher conferences. My teachers said I am doing a good job. I had to complete a self-assessment. All is good, but I am a little bored.
The next picture might be boring because you’ve all seen it except yaya, gum and the rest of you who haven’t yet come to Bend, so I will tell you – it is Peterson Rock Garden
Hats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nana and me
I hosted another world famous bar
and made Nana play pin the face on the pumpkin.
Today we went on a beautiful fall walk along the Deschutes.
Morning walk
Something Mom took a picture of
Me
Us.
I may not be able to run or jump, but I can still work upper body strength.
Everyone should try doing three finger pull-ups on rock rings
It was picture day this week. The Mother managed to make me look pretty good, wouldn’t you say? Maybe she should become an elementary school photographer.
I made The Bigs beef stew for dinner this week. We ate it before going to the Tower Theater…
for a ‘late’ night showing of Calm Beneath Castles. The movie ended at 9 pm. I thought The Mother wasn’t going to make it! Not me. I loved watching all the great skiing. I am so ready for the snow to fly.
I’ll be ready too, because I had all the hardware in my leg removed this Thursday. Here I am pre-op. Nice hat.
Here is what they removed from my leg (not the quarter…that’s just to show you how very long that plate is!)
Post-op, the nurses spoiled me.
Check out the ‘wheelchair’ they rolled me out in. Awesome!
I brought my guys for morale support. They were waiting for me in the car.
Nan and Pop made sure I had the proper nourishment for a speedy recovery.
And Uncle Chris made sure I had plenty to do, so all in all, it wasn’t that bad.
And now, Nana is here!
We’ve been busy making cookies, doing crosswords,
and carving pumpkins.
Not much to report this week. I did some more horseback riding.
I also practiced tennis and soccer and played my last soccer game this weekend.
I also went mountain biking. I rode over some big rock features. The Mother did not.
I did some more horseback riding this week. Still a big fan.
We got to lope and practiced ‘barrel racing’.
Awesome.
I also played some soccer. We lost. Badly.
I went fishing and did no catching, but it was a beautiful day on the river.
I also organized a fall celebration for The Bigs.
I decorated.
and put together one of my awesome bars.
The bar had a raffle. Winners received either a pumpkin smoothie or pumpkin bread made by me. The winners are still waiting for me to deliver.
I also put together some activities: pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern, a spooky, scary scavenger hunt, and leaf pile jumps.
Here I am mixing up a gin and juice for the mother.
It was strong. Perhaps that explains what happened to this guy.
I also made, my now world-famous, brats in a bed of sauerkraut and bacon.
We went to two movies this week. First, Teton Gravity Research’s Beyond the Fantasy at the Tower Theater. It is a skiing movie. It got me excited for the snow to start flying!
Then we went to McMenamins to see The Wild Robot. The theater is almost all couches. Sadly, we did not get a couch, but the movie was great. I think a lot of you would really like it.
I also had a check up. Look at this femur. Like new!
Since I last checked in, I have made two dinners. Shrimp scampi
and breakfast at night. Up next, an Oktoberfest celebration.
When I am not busy doing this, that, and the other thing. I am reading. Reading while eating, reading while brushing my teeth, reading when I am supposed to be asleep. Reading.
After a week of Uncle-Chris-mandated drills. I hit the soccer field.
It was a great game.
On Sunday we took a day-long rock climbing class. I wanted The Bigs to learn how to belay, so they can help me top rope climb in the gym and in beautiful Smith Rock, which is where our class was.
I am a climbing machine.
Dad was also very good.
But The Mother just kept yelling ‘Lower. I am ready to come down’. We told her no.
I started horseback riding lessons this week. (Thank you, Papa and Yaya!) First things first, Diane put some spurs on my ‘tenni-runners’:
My horse’s name is Jack. I gave him a good brushing before saddling him:
Meera is doing the lessons too:
I started building my model Viking ship (Thank you, Nana!) this week. It requires a lot of very detailed painting and gluing:
I’ve been doing a lot of supplemental soccer practices with the Bigs after school. I’m getting better.
On Sunday we did a guided fishing trip on the Crooked River. (Thank you, Papa and Uncle Geoff!) It was a beautiful day, and we all caught a lot of fish. Here I am hooked into a monster. Wyatt, our guide, is going to scoop him into the net for me.
Here’s the Mother with one of her many fish:
We all had a great time!
Been a while since my last regular blog, so lots to catch up on here. I used my Boy Scout Handbook to learn to tie a tie:
Jameson came with us to Elk Lake one day:
We (he, mostly) caught a lot of crayfish. Some were huge!
Hunter came over for a sleepover:
The Mother was pretty nervous about it going well, so she she cooked and baked (just like The Nan would). She made four different kinds of pizza.
Cheese:
Bacon:
Pesto and chicken:
And zucchini, broccoli, and feta:
And she made chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
We camped out in the backyard:
It went great. No cooking and baking needed, but it was yummy.
I’m back in school. First-day photo:
We drove to Beaverton to buy a new (to us) truck:
We’ve done some repairs. The garage door opener liked to open by itself intermittently. Not cool, so we replaced it. Now we can tell from our phones if it is open.
The oven broke. We could still turn it on, but we could only turn it off by turning off the circuit breaker in the garage. Inconvenient. We fixed it:
I went mountain biking with Jameson and his dad:
His dad took us out for lunch and ice cream:
The Mother tried out a new recipe last week. Baked potatoes with egg and tonnato sauce (egg yolks, lemon juice, parsley, tuna, capers, anchovies, garlic, and olive oil). Not our favorite.
It was the Bigs’ 17th anniversary this Sunday. We went to Podski’s for pierogies and Thai food to celebrate:
