Mother's Day weekend

Adam and his girlfriend Pam spent the weekend with us celebrating Mother's Day.
On Saturday we went up to the lake and caught some fish! Everyone said they were bored because it was TOO EASY to catch the fish. OK I give up.....






We brought home a bunch of fish!


On Friday we had one of the more impressive sunsets that we had seen for a while. Luckily we always keep a camera in the car.




Below is a shot Lorelei took a week or so ago. We get some cool cloud formations this time of year.


And here is Lorelei with her three awesome sons.



All the pictures for May are HERE

Busy times......

It's been an eventful spring for us so far. Cody is in his first track season. He is doing high jump, long jump and the 400 meter run. Below Cody attempting a jump.



Jon in his senior year of track has his work cut out for him. He is running shorter distances this year and also running the hurdles. Some of you may remember that this is the event that took him to the Junior Olympic Nationals 4 years ago. Jon was very sick for about 3 weeks at the beginning of the season so he is playing catch up with his training. Jon is winding down his last year of high school with lots of school work, attending to his duties as senior class president and with his church activities he is one busy guy.

Below Jon on his way to a win in the 300 meter hurdles.


A week or so ago we had an awesome house full of family!
My grandma flew in from Oklahoma. Lorelei and I picked her up from the airport and the flight attendant was amazed that at 95 she was flying by herself. My dad drove up from California and arrived not too long after we got home from the airport.

Below, Cody picked some flowers for grandma.


My brother was also here from Arizona for a week and his stay overlapped with my dad and grandma by one day so we all got to spend a little time together. It's been 4 or 5 years since we have seen my brother and it's been 10 years since my dad, brother, grandma and I have been together!
What a great time!


One of the reasons for my dad's visit was, for he and I to work a trade show together to try and round up some manufacturing business. We drove to Seattle (Bellvue) and spent two days working the show. It was a fun few days spent with my dad.
Below my dad in the Penco booth.


Spring break for us was very low key, but Adam managed to come home for a day or so and we had a rousing game of badminton with all the boys.



Cody had a camp out a few weeks ago with his friends from church.
Below, the boys cooking dinner.


Other news, Lorelei is no longer working a long term sub job but she is working temp jobs 2 or 3 days a week. Everything around the place is leafing out and our allergies are starting to act up. It's a weekly chore to keep the grass to a manageable height and we are starting to think about what to put in the garden.
I guess that's about all for now!

You can see all the pictures here

Glynn Jr.

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.