13 July 2014

When Mary and John were visiting, our neighbor Brant took their kids and our kids on motorcycle rides around the block. Mary sent us the photos she took.  Here's Helen.

Here's a photo of Abe.

Here's a photo of Gib.  He has such a great look in his eyes-- intense concern and excitement.

 One of Abe's friends downloaded a geocaching app for his phone and now his friends roam the neighborhood looking for caches.  The app gives GPS coordinates for the locations of the geocaches. Having the coordinates is no guarantee you'll find the geocache.  They are very cleverly disguised.  Abe showed us some of the caches they found this week.  The middle bolt in this photo is fake.

The bolt is held onto the sign post with a magnet.

If you untwist the bolt, a tiny roll of paper is hidden inside.  When someone locates a geocache, they can sign the paper to prove they found it.  Then they carefully replace the geocache for the next hunter.

 Can you spot the geocache in this photo?

 A prescription bottle is cemented to the bottom of the smallest rock.  The bottle slides into a tube that is below ground level so the rock sits flat on the dirt.

 The logbook is inside the bottle.  Knowing there are over 20 geocaches hidden in our neighborhood makes us look at things differently as we walk around-- they could be anywhere.

 We spent Friday and Saturday in Eugene for a soccer tournament with Abe's team.  They played some of the best soccer we've seen them play.  They won 1 game, tied 1 game and lost 2 games.

 Our whole family went and we had a fun weekend.  Gib, Helen and Sofi made up cheers with 3 part harmonies.  Sometimes they were more harmonious than other times.

Brandan and Becky went for a walk in the hills behind our hotel on Saturday morning.  It was very pretty with lots of trees and wildflowers.

We had lots of time between soccer games.  With temperatures near 100, we looked for air conditioned spaces.  We went to the movies Saturday morning and hung out in the library Saturday afternoon.  Eugene has a beautiful library.  This is a photo of the center stairway.

This is a photo of Abe and some teammates waiting for a game to start.  In the photo are Noah, Malakai, Abe, Ashton, Kelden and Ben.  Abe's hair makes it easy to keep track of him.

 We took Sofi to the airport tonight.  She's headed to EFY for the week.  We're excited to hear about her new adventures!