Fall Activities

With the cold snap we recently had, some of the local ponds froze over and we were able to head over to the cement casting pond at Westmoreland Park on Thursday afternoon for a few hours of skating. What a rare opportunity for Portland area to freeze up enough to skate outside! The ice popped and cracked a bit as we skated, but what freedom we enjoyed to fly over the immense surface on a gorgeous day!
Harry headed back to skate Friday morning and was surpised when almost the entire WinterHawk WHL hockey team showed up for an outside practice. A few of the players even invited Harry and some other bystanders to scrimmage with them. Harry assisted in a goal against the Hawks! We were pretty excited to see a clip of the practice including Harry on the evening news that night.

Check out how tall this guy is! He's not wearing skates and he is still taller and broader than Harry.

Alyssa and me skating Thursdsay evening on the frozen casting pond. What a fun time!!

We had skates for Lauren but she said it was too "freaky" to go on the ice, but we managed to get her into a camping chair we brought and had a great time pushing her around.

Alyssa is wearing an extra pair of skates I had, although they were three sizes too big, she did well. She really enjoyed skating with a hockey stick and puck.

Lacing up.

Almost ready!

Train show

Several weeks ago the four of us went to a train show that boasts over 1500 square feet and growing of miniature trains, towns, cars, tunnels, lights and people. We were intrigued with the realism of it and with all the train club members operating the switches and communicating through their headsets. Lauren was thrilled with one of the flatbed cars that was carrying one of the Thomas the Tank Engine characters. The club doesn't open its doors to the public too often, so we were sure to stop in and see it.

Train video