So here we go it's the end of March and I still haven't posted much. Life is hectic at the moment. Lot's of irons in the fire so not much extra time. Jon has been very sick and hasn't been running for a couple of weeks now. He will begin the track season without being in the best of shape.
Cody and Adam are doing well.
Lorelei and I got out for an afternoon of photography a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few we brought back.
Along the Willamette river



Below is one of Lorelei's shots. She always amazes me in that I will walk right past a scene such as the one below, but she will stop and take a shot and many times I see in her pictures what I just walked past.





Below, Cody and Queenine playing basketball (one of Queenies favorite games)



Track season begins this week. My brother is scheduled to arrive on Easter Sunday. My grandma and my dad arrive on the next Sunday. It will be a busy couple of weeks at the Pennington household!

Glynn Jr.

So.....I know it's been a while and I hope to get back to more frequent postings. I am in the midst of changing jobs and my schedule has been thrown for a loop.

Jon finished up basketball and is now working hard getting ready for his final High School track season. His back is still giving him fits and he is thinking about concentrating on the shorter distances (since his back only seems to bother him on the longer events).

Cody has played chess since he was a little guy (just like his big brothers) but he has always just seemed to play for fun and was never really serious about it. In the past couple of months though that has all changed. Cody went to the district meet in January and was the top player for the Amity team. He signed up for a tournament last weekend where the top team in the county was playing. Now this entire team is going to the state championship meet this year. Well.....Cody beat all of them! Taking first place in his age group and tying for the best score of the meet. Cody did not lose a single game with 5 wins. Wow.....what a great showing.




Spring is springing here and the race to keep the weeds and grass in check will be beginning in earnest over the next month or so.

Adam is going to school and working nearly full time. We hope to see him over spring break for at least a day or so.

Lot's more to tell, but I wanted to get a quick update done.

Glynn Jr.

February and more basketball.....

More January stuff......

Well it's a good thing Lorelei has taken a few pictures, otherwise I would have none to post. I have been shooting basketball and that's about it. So here are a few pictures from Lorelei!

All us boys playing Pinochle.


Below: Cody loads up the wagon with firewood to haul up to the campsite. We bring the large rounds of wood to this area for splitting and then we sort and store the wood in several locations depending on the usefulness of the wood. The good stuff (oak, madrone, maple) gets stacked and sold or used in the outdoor kitchen for cooking. The "crap" wood goes up to the knoll for campfires.




Below: An Old Growth stump on our property is a reminder of the very large forest that once stood here. These giant trees were cut in the mid 1950's.


Queenie and Cody out on a walk.


Below: The remnants of the rotted out maple tree that caused Jon and I so much trouble a couple of weeks earlier.


Below: Lots of water running through the property this time of year. This is the culvert that goes underneath the road that leads up to the knoll and the campsite.


This will be a busy week for basketball. Jon has three games! Lorelei's long term sub job has come to an end but she picked up another one that has her working part time this week. Cody is practicing hard at chess this week and Saturday is the regional tournament!

Lorelei has been very sick with a cold but I think she is over the worst of it.

That's about it for now,
Glynn Jr.