Last Friday we went to The Crystal Method concert!! Peter and I are huge fans. In years past, every time they've come to Washington, we missed seeing them either because we were too broke from just getting out of college or we didn't hear about them coming until after the fact. This time we weren't going to miss out - for one, these guys are getting old (they've been around for 20+ years) and second, one of the guys recently had brain surgery! So we joked that this could be our last chance (lol). Our original plans were to go with our friends Anne and Erik, but Erik had to fly out back East to visit family, so our mutual mom-friend Charlotte took the extra ticket and came with us. We went out for a drink and appetizer beforehand. The location for the concert was at Foundation Nightclub....not a big fan of the place. It's definitely tailored to the 21-year-olds, who are more concerned with their looks and drinking (compared to the Showbox who are more for the music itself, or at least that's the vibe Peter and I have always gotten). Regardless, we had a blast. Once Crystal Method took the stage after the local artists played their sets, the crowd went crazy. Peter and I were up in front for most of the concert until I got so dehydrated I couldn't take it anymore. At that point we took a water break for a while before heading back into the crowd for the end. It was an amazing experience, but we're definitely feeling the age factor (sore and tired). But IF they ever come back to Seattle again, we'll be there!
Ready for the Night!! (sorry, didn't get pics of Pete...opps!)
Charlotte, Me and Anne in Seattle
The Crystal Method!!!
The second of these two pics is edited to better see Anne, Peter and Me in the crowd.
Here they are!! The set up of the stage area is small, so they took turns DJ'ing.
The boys continued having fun down in Yakima. Here are pics of Kristjan having fun on another day playing at the river with his cousins.
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The boys are officially back home!!! Peter and I enjoyed our break, but we missed them like crazy! With it being Cub Camp this week, we haven't gone out to do much. Monday we took Sheeba for a walk to a park near us, where the boys spent some time on the playground and playing soccer. Then yesterday we took Sheeba for another walk to the park just down the road from us. It was pouring down rain, but we didn't let it stop us. I let the boys go out dressed in their pj's and ride their bikes while I held on to Sheeba's leash.
Last Thursday when I went to grab something out of the freezer I noticed the Otter Pops were no longer frozen...UH OH!! I thought maybe I had food arranged where air wasn't circulating, so I tried moving things around and gave it a day, periodically checking on the temp. Nope, that wasn't it. So over the weekend we moved all the food into our two coolers (frozen food into our chest freezer) so Pete could take a look at it. Nothing worked with whatever he tried doing. We finally made a call to our landlord to tell her our situation. With approval, we searched for a repairman on Monday, but everyone was booked until Tuesday. Tuesday comes, with us having an appointment somewhere between 8am-11am...oh, but wait! The guy had an emergency and now the time was pushed to 11am-2pm. So I'm stuck home all day with the boys waiting for the repairman to show up. 2pm rolls around, and STILL no one is here. I'm getting anxious because we need a working fridge AND we have to eat a super early dinner and be to camp by 4pm. The repairman finally shows up at 3pm and takes all of 5 minutes to determine our fridge is dead and not worth fixing (would cost more than what we paid). UGGGGHHH!!! So another phone call is made to our landlord, who by the way has been amazing with this, and she planned on checking out new refrigerators for us the following morning. She called us last night with an update. She found some she liked, but the Sears Outlet doesn't start their sale until Friday and they don't deliver over the weekend, so we're looking at possibly getting a new fridge on Monday...hopefully! That means for 10 full days (minimum) I will have dealt with having food in our coolers. So far we've bought 8 bags of ice. We're playing a guessing game as to how many total we'll have bought.
Cub Camp is this week. This is the first time our boys have attended....and their Pack for that matter (the last Committee Chair, for whatever reason, refused to participate with district camp and put their own on). Peter is the Quarter Master, so we have to be there an hour early to help set up. During the first day, he was already being pegged for Program Director next year. I was at first asked to be in charge of the Tagalongs, but volunteers were shifted around by day two and I am now a Den Leader. I definitely learned the names of 3 boys much quicker than the other 6! (They're a handful. After spending 5 hours a day with just those 3 would make a non-drinker want a drink!). But honestly, so far, we're all having a lot of fun and are so happy we signed up! Here are a few pics I was able to quickly take. Most will be of Kristjan, since my den travels along with his to each scheduled activity.
Here's Clifford eating breakfast using the bowl he made the night before
Here's Kristjan at archery. He did really good, actually getting most of his arrows on the target. I think we may have found a new activity for him! Here's video of him hitting a bullseye!!
Peter had a few spare minutes and helped Kristjan with whittling
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