23 April 2023

We ordered a cardboard cutout of Abe for Sofi's wedding. Our plan is to sneak him into a few photos on her wedding day. In the meantime, he's chilling in our family room. 

 

We thought about taking Abe along when we took the missionaries to dinner Saturday night. We could have propped him up next to the table. Jaspers is legendary in our area for their gourmet hamburgers. Or, if cow is too ordinary, you can substitute boar, bison, camel, elk, or kangaroo.

Helen left Thursday after school for ICDC, DECA's international competition, in Orlando. From the left are Rowan, Colin, Helen, Danica, Noah, Mary, Cason, Bryan and Erik.

Here's their team huddle before taking off.

They took a red eye from Seattle to Orlando and dropped their suitcases off at the hotel. Their advisor, Mr. Rogan, is in the bottom left of the photo.

First stop was the beach! These Oregonians hadn't seen the sun in 9 months and loved the sunshine and warm water.

This was a great way to say hello to Florida.

They've enjoyed a few good meals so far, which is good. Typically once the competitions get going, they don't have time to eat and survive on snacks scavenged from the bottom of their backpacks.

On Saturday they went to Disney World. They were a little sunburnt, but still had a good time. From the left are Helen, Danica, Rowan, Cason, Mary, Collin, Erik, Brian and Noah.

Here they are on Saturday night, all cleaned up and ready for the opening ceremonies.

This is the testing hall. On Sunday these chairs will be filled with testing students.

Time to get to work! These students worked hard to get to ICDC and they will keep pushing, practicing and strategizing throughout the event.