Wedding Crashers Unite!

This summer I have a few weddings to go to. Our bassist, Caleb, and Jessica just got married on the 7th. My best friend since age 4, Micah, is getting to married to the mother of his child, Cat (who I used to work with like 10 years ago). & then my cousin Dan is getting hitched to Susie at their place. Should be fun. & of course, Diane and I will be celebrating 2 years next month. Mmmhmm.

Cheer Camp Outlaws

Hannah went to Lake Oswego Academy of Dance's Cheer Camp this week. She and her cohorts learned 10 cheers, made up their own introducing themselves, and were given a mock audition (on which Michaela was a judge).

Lots of fun, even with the constant cheer calls in the house all week. Next will be Hip Hop class in the fall.

The band I drum in, Incomplete, had a show on Wednesday night at Outlaws Music Hall (with a borrowed bassist, since Caleb is on his honeymoon). My sister, Kathy, has arranged poker games there in the past. It was a great venue, besides the 2 flights of stairs that we had to carry our equipment up! Whew! We had a good set, playing 4th of 5 bands. This is our busy month, with shows on the 20th at Solid Grounds in Camas, Washington, and the 26th at Satyricon here in Portland. Next month will find us in LaGrande, Oregon at the SonLight Fest.

Summer SonForce

For the week of June 25th - 29th Lake Grove Presbyterian Church had their Vacation Bible School themed: SonForce Kids! It was an outerspace spy type thing, and Hannah went every day and I played with the band (bass this time!). Lots of fun, crazy hair days, dressing up like secret agents, and some cool tunes. For the following Sunday all of the kids (and the band) got up front to share some tunes with the congregation. Much fun!

Independence Ball

Our Indepence Day started with the Lake Forest Parade in our neighborhood. We dressed Sami up with red bows and a little shirt with a flag, Hannah put a flag on her scooter, and little cousin Brody came to watch (and get candy) with Grandpa Rick. Much fun, lots of people, and lots of candy!
That evening Diane, Hannah & I went downtown on the Max to PGE Park for the Beaver's game on the 4th of July (Michaela was at Peaslee's). The idea was to have fun, and check out the fireworks at the end. Hannah soon found the kids' aread and jumped around the bouncy house, had her face painted with a horse, and was adorned with a balloon butterfly... all before the game started. Diane had to have all of her favorites, pretzels, peanuts, snowcones, ballpark dogs, and lemonade. We got tired of sitting in the stands and headed down to an empty table in the Widmer Lounge. Right on the field, and a player for the Tacoma Rainiers tossed a ball our way, so Hannah got a game ball, and thought that was just awesome! After the game, the fireworks started, and we were in a great spot for that too. So it was great... until. It took an hour for a max with enough room for the 3 of us to get on. We forgot that there were 4 fireworks shows and the Blues Festival that night. Lots of people. But still, quite a fun time!