Weekend in Eugene
We spent this last weekend down in Eugene with Jan and Mike. It was a terrific weekend and the boys were awesome! We left Friday evening just before 7pm…yep, 7pm. Basically I wanted to wait until traffic died off so we could sail through Tacoma and Olympia. While we didn’t sail through Fort Lewis area, traffic was much more bearable then it would have been had we left at 3pm or 4pm. We drove straight thru to Eugene - yes, we actually drove nonstop for 4.5 hours with a 2 year old and an 8 month old. Pretty Impressive. Nate slept for 90% of the trip and Zach spent time looking out the window, sleeping, and watching a movie.
We started Saturday off by going to Bounce Gymnastics - a padded gymnastics studio that is open for 90 minutes for kids 6 and under. Just imagine Zach jumping up and down on trampolines for 30 minutes straight. We followed that up with Mike’s favorite part of the weekend - a trip to Chuck E Cheese. We couldn’t hold Mike back…it was the highlight of the weekend for him. Zach was good if you didn’t try to control him!
Then we came home and crashed. I got caught up on all of my violent movie watching. First we watched No Country for Old Men, followed by a 2 movies series by Quentin Tarantino - Planet Terror and Death Proof. I must admit these were pretty cool and funny movies - but if you don’t like over the top violence these are not the movies for you.
This morning we took the boys to Skinner Butte Park and Zach spent his time on the slide and Nate split his time between the stroller and swing. We left Eugene after the boys ate lunch (around 12:15) and we got home around 5:15 (1 stop). We saw a nasty accident caused by the freakish snow we’ve been getting up here. Based on what I read on the blogs, it looked like it snowed some more on Saturday in West Seattle. It snowed in Eugene Friday night and parts of Saturday…not much really sticking.
On the running front, I have run 60 miles in March…my new monthly record. My previous record was only 50 miles in one month. I also saw an Orca pod about 50 yards offshore at Lincoln Park this evening…pretty cool way to end the weekend before heading back to work. And now for some photos.
Hangin at Bounce Gymnastics
Mike, in the zone, at Chuck E Cheese
Goin down the really big slide.
Mom making sure Zach doesn’t go swimming.
Spring!