Canby Cougars at the County Tournament

Last weekend, Ryan and Ryley's baseball team went to the County Tournament that was held in Milwaukie, Oregon!!! Below are many photos that we took during the weekend. Tori and I both had cameras, but Tori took the majority of the photos and ALL of the videos for the weekend.

Me and Matt's mom in the bleachers at the first game Sunday morning.

Starbucks was a must that morning....Tori felt it was important to take a photo of our beverages.

Ryan up to bat

Getting ready to steal

Ryley up to bat

Ryan playing 3rd base

AHC (Assistant Head Coach) Matt watching from the dugout

Photography....one of Omie's specialties

Ryan pitching

Ryley playing 1st base

Taking the team out to lunch at Red Robin between games. Table for 20+ please!!!!

End of the tournament, Ryley is #9, Ryan is #5, Matt is on the far right. Everyone is lined up to receive their medals. The Cougars came in 3rd place in the tournament which means on Thursday they are headed to the state tournament!!!!

At home plate after receiving their medals. Ryley is in the front row on the left, Ryan is in the front row 3 from the left. Matt is in the back on the left.

Coach's plaque

Ryan and Ryley -- what great memories our boys will have going to State 2 years in a row!!!

One of the families on the team decided to invite everyone out to their country property for a victory party after the game!! Photos of the cakes that were brought for the boys!!!

Attempting to build a Cougars Team Pyramid...Ryley and Ryan are on the left in the middle row.

Attempting a father & son pyramid. Matt is 3rd from the left on the bottom row, Ryley is on the far right on the second row, Ryan is trying to start the top row on the far left.

Moms and our sons!!! We are SO proud of our boys!!!

While we were at the party a HUGE thunderstorm hit. Several of us had just headed across the property to the barn to see the horses and pony. We ended up standing under a HUGE old growth oak tree while it poured. When we came back we found many of the boys in the hot tub having a blast during the storm. Ryan is in the back right corner.

The team with their victory cakes!!!

Heading to the county tournament!!!

Ryan and Ryley's baseball team had a pre-county playoff game tonight and won!!! So, this weekend their team will be heading to Clackamas for the County Tournament!!! Go Cougars!

Boys after tonight's game getting feedback from the coaches!

Swing...batter, batter....Swing

Matt is playing on a city co-ed softball team this year and tonight was their first double header! What a great way to spend a Monday evening....the whole family at the ball park/playground!

Matt playing 3rd base

Matt up to bat

Hanging on the sidelines!

4th of July

We LOVE 4th of July in our hometown! There is just something so Norman Rockwell about the way this holiday is celebrated. They close the downtown to traffic and have a "General Canby Days" celebration with a car show, tons of food booths, and performances in the park that is the center of our downtown area.

We have lived here almost 5 years, and I remember going to our first General Canby Days celebration and parade and thought it was so neat that people in the parade were yelling out to friends lining the streets. That small town feeling of everyone knowing everyone is what I love most. Well, this year at the parade, non stop we heard "Hey Tishendorfs!!!" shouted to us from friends in the parade. As a family I can't imagine celebrating this holiday anywhere else.

The kids with their lemonade watching the parade!

Canby Football parade float. I couldn't talk Ryan or Brandon into riding it.

My favorite car in the parade.

1930s tractor.....loved the umbrella

Tyler will be the only one at Trost Elementary next year. This is the float for the Dual Language Immersion Program (Spanish) that Tyler is a part of. Our friends on the float were yelling for Tyler to jump up and join them....but our shy guy just wouldn't do it!

Sarah with her plethora of candy!

In the evening, all our neighbors come out into the streets and light off their fireworks prior to our town Fireworks show which is at our elementary school, 2 blocks away. Above is the only photo that turned out from the evening. I apparently hit a button that made the camera stay in zoom mode. We figured out what I'd done after the fireworks show had ended.

Yurting in Champoeg State Park

On Tuesday, the kids and I loaded up the bus and headed out on our first yurting trip of the summer!!! We drove a whole 8 miles to Champoeg State Park (starting close to home and we will work out way to the coast, southern Oregon and eastern Oregon throughout the summer).

The other day I spoke to my brother on the phone and he had no idea what a yurt was (this after asking him if they have yurts available in Malibu so the kids and I could come visit....), so for those of you that don't know what a yurt is click on the this link , it is a round structure, built on a platform and has 2 double beds and a twin bed and can be found in most Oregon and Washington State parks. They rent for about $27 a night....deluxe models are a little more and have bathrooms as well.

Some photos of our 3 day trip .......

Monday night Matt came home and installed a hitch on the bus so I could bring some bikes with us!!!!

Our yurt at Champoeg (note here, yurt be was also home to yellow jackets and wasps....not good)

Tori whittling away....

Brandon was our dinner chef both nights!!!

Hot dogs and toasted buns.....

Hiking one of the many trails at Champoeg

Tyler whittling away the evening....

I wanted to visit Kitty Newell's gravesite....kids making "scared" faces....they actually thought I was nuts for insisting we hike the trail to her grave.

At Kitty Newell's gravestone.....tried geocaching on the trail but couldn't find the cache`

Tori, Sarah and I hanging out at the campfire next to our yurt!

On Wednesday, Matt had asked me to take it easy with the twins because I had to bring them back to Canby for their last baseball game of the season. Well, we saw signs that said "ice cream at the Historic Butteville Store" and we set out (because that sounded really really good at 9:30am Wednesday morning). Note....the trail To the Historic Butteville Store was 3+ miles, which meant that our taking it easy was over 8 miles that morning....OOPS!!! (Note here they won their game that night 12-3). Photo above is of the twins after we'd gone 1 mile!

On our way there, Tyler, Tori, Brandon and Sarah were on bikes (yes, our 4 year old made it the whole 8 miles!!!! We were SO proud of her!!!)

Hanging at the Butteville store with our tiny scoops of mediocre ice cream that they charged $18 for! Sheesh!!! We were expecting LOTS of ice cream choices and BIG scoops after 3+ miles...

Brandon and Sarah on our way back to the campground.

Ryan and Tori on the bikes heading back.

Photo op of the kids...River in the background along the trail.

Only about 1 mile left to go...Sarah still peddling away!

After taking the twins back to Canby that evening, the 5 of us hit some more trails along the river and came upon this monument was erected in 1901. It records the names of the 52 settlers who voted to establish the provisional government at an 1843 meeting.

Pioneer Mother's Memorial Cabin that is only open on weekends (good thing we live 15 minutes away!).

Look who showed up last evening and had a hot dog roasted over the campfire!!! He actually was delivering the twins back to the campground, and then ended up leaving with Brandon and Ryan -- Brandon who didn't like the idea of staying in the yurt with the wasp and Ryan who loved the idea of sleeping in his own bed!