Author: becandkyle

Tuesday was the birthday of The Mother. I made her a poster/card complete with tennis, skiing, mtn. biking, rock climbing, and cake!

And, she had all three meals on the Red Plate! Breakfast:

I started playing futsal (type of indoor soccer) last week. It’s fun, and I’m doing great.

I also built a car one evening. It has a headlight,

a stereo system,

a gear shift,

and a dashboard.

I skipped school on Friday so we could go to Portland to pick up our new camper. While it was being installed on the truck, we took the train to the zoo. We had our best zoo trip ever: a beautiful day, no crowds, and all the animals were out.

Check out this hamerkop behind me in the aviary:

And what’s going on with this guy?

We finally got the camper. It’s great! I can’t wait to take it on a trip.

On Tuesday, Pop took us to dinner at Hook and Plow. We had oysters:

ahi tuna salad:

an ahi sandwich:

Pop had a steak salad, and I had a chicken club:

On Thanksgiving, we did some archery:

and some basketball:

We had a grilled leg of lamb for dinner:

Black Friday was spent at the mountain. We had a tailgate lunch after a morning of alpine skiing,

and then we headed into the woods to find a Christmas tree:

This was the one:

I cut it down all by myself:

I decorated it by myself too.

Saturday, we went Nordic skiing. The chair is getting lower. I should be able to sit on it before long.

Sunday was another beautiful day of alpine skiing. Check out my cool new jacket:

The afternoon was spent doing appliance repair. The drier was making strange noises, so we took it apart to try to figure out why. We didn’t really find the cause, but when we put it back together the noise was gone!

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.