June 2008 - Life at home

June has come and gone...another month of memories. We had a lot of family time in June which was really nice. The summer months seem to go by so quickly. Life gets busy and we often forget about just being together and enjoying that part of life. It was good to look back over this month and see that we took the time to just 'be together'.

We started the month with a trip to Mt. Hood with some of our Japanese friends who were in town visiting. After a day at the mountain, we met at Jakes for dinner and Oweghn enjoyed his first oyster. He was quite proud of his adventuresome self.


Early in June, Oweghn also had his final field trip with his Japanese Class from the International School. We went to the zoo on a sunny June day and enjoyed a picnic, ran around and also saw the new dinosaur exhibit. All the kids really enjoyed it. It was a great day.

The following day was his final day of school and his promotion ceremony. Although it was a little nostalgic, we made it through the class song and presentation of his certificate. Coming up next...Kindergarten! Slow down.

Later in the month, we decided to head down to the Rose Festival and check out the Waterfront Village. It's very close to Oweghn's school, so he'd asked about it a number of times earlier in the week. On the final day we went down early and beat the rush. Oweghn enjoyed the rides...although we're not sure if he really enjoyed the scary ride as much as he says he did. Nevertheless, that ride has made for some fun stories.


On the 15th, we celebrated Father's day. The boys and I got Sean a mini tri-pod for his point and shoot camera. And of course I also completed this year's edition of Sean's Father's day album which has been updated with pictures and memories every year since 2003 when Oweghn was born. This is probably Sean's favorite gift and he loves to sit with the boys and look through it from the start...making his way up through the last year.


Later in June we visited Gramma Dee. She was so amazed at the boys and how much they've grown and changed. It was very interesting watching her watch them. So much expression in her eyes. I'm sure they wore her out, but she really enjoyed the visit...as she always does.

The rest of June was simple family time, hanging out in the yard, working on projects, playing games with the boys, playing in the big pool, working in the garden and whatever other fun we could find. Here are several of our favorite pictures from this month.