Day of the Mother, PPP, and Papa & Yaya

Last weekend, we went for a road ride near Madras. It was beautiful:

That night, I made pesto tortellini and a caprese salad for dinner:

Sunday, of course, was the Day of the Mother. I made an awesome banner to celebrate:

The Mother requested cottage cheese pancakes for breakfast:

and pizza for dinner (this is just one of four):

The Mother made some “ice cream” for desert. It had silken tofu and a lot of nuts in it, but it was delicious:

We filled our planters with rosemary plants from Costco this year:

I’ve been really into road biking lately, Check out my drawing of Tadej Pogacar:

This weekend was the Pole Pedal Paddle race. The mountain closed very early this year, so the ski legs (alpine and Nordic) were replaced with two additional running legs. To top it off, following a week of 80+ degree weather, it SNOWED on race day! Not cool (cold, but not cool)!

Dad did the first leg, a running loop part way up the mountain. Here we are at the hand off:

I did the second leg, a run from West Village Lodge to Sunrise Lodge:

I handed off to Dad, who rode his bike to town, then tagged me to start yet another run. This one along the river. I was fast:

After my run, Dad did the paddle board leg, followed by a sprint to the finish:

We got mugs for finishing in the top three in our category:

And we won the Family Pairs category, so we got a really nice bag full of prizes and gift cards:

Papa and Yaya were in town for the weekend. On Friday, we spent some time in town, and played mini-golf and went to the arcade. They watched the race on Saturday, and on Sunday we went to Shevlin Park:

Peterson Rock Garden:

and the alpaca farm:

followed by dinner at the Yacht Club: