Didn't realise it had been as much as a week since I last updated the blog - time flies!
On Saturday, Scott and I did play at Salmon Run, but it was wet over near the coast - we were glad to get back to the heat inland. Scott's Mum and Dad had passed us on our way over - they were taking the dogs back to Lucy and looking for a new trailer in Grants Pass.
On Sunday, we all went down to Medford and spent some time at the Family Fun Center (that's how they spell it!) on the go-karts, boats and crazy golf. I wanted to check out the optometrist (optician) where I had seen a nice pair of glasses last year but it was too near the end of our holiday to order them. Unfortunately, they were shut! However, I did go in to another shop and saw a pair of Nike's that I liked - Jo said it looked like I was going ski-ing with them on! I swithered about ordering the charcoal 4111 model, but walked away in the end. We had a very late lunch at Kaleidoscope - Braeden fell asleep - see above.
On Monday, Scott and Lucy were back to work and it was our first official day of baby-sitting. We walked the dogs round to the local Redmond park in the morning, but, after lunch, we went looking for another optician in Grants Pass (unsuccessfully) and made a detour on the way back and stopped at the main park in town for a walk with the boys. We noticed, atop one of the floodlight towers there was a platform and a large nest had been built on it - we think it was a family of bald eagles - but the zoom on my camera wasn't good enough to be sure - see above. We jumped in to the pool when we got back to cool down.
On Tuesday we took the boys to Wal-Mart in the morning (via an accidental slight detour up the Rogue River valley) to pick up the day's shopping. Of course, we had to bribe the boys to be good - particularly after we passed through the toy department!
Lucy was off work on Wednesday, so Jo and I took the car down to Medford. First stop was the optician's that had been closed on Sunday and I managed to order the glasses I wanted for reading. We then headed off to the other optician's where I had seen the Nike frames. Bad news when we got there, as all the charcoal ones had been snapped up. However, the girl took all my measurements for distance glasses and was quite confident she would manage to get new stock in, before we returned to Scotland.
Harry and David's was the next port of call, followed by lunch at the adjacent seafood restaurant. By the time we had done all this, aided and abetted by a couple of wrong turnings, it was almost 4:30 pm when we got back to Grants Pass. Lucy was beginning to panic, not least because it was their anniversary (their 6th) and she and Scott were going out for a meal and a movie.
Thursday was babysitting again but we walked the dogs and the boys down to Schroder park. Cade cycled again and insisted that I did too, but Braeden wouldn't go on the back of the bike, so Jo had the unenviable taks of pushing the pram with Braeden in and keeping the dogs in check at the same time! We all made it to the river and I took the dogs in for a soak, although I wasn't allowed to let them off the leash, as the last time Scott had tried this, Ryan wouldn't come out of the water! I offered to swap roles with Jo, and she did try riding the bike (for the first time in over 40 years!) but had to admit defeat in the end - see evidence above. Anyway, we all got home safely, although Jo, not surprisingly, was a bit hot and bothered by then! Scott came home from work early and we headed off for a brief 9 holes of golf. By the time we dropped off Lucy's car at her work, we decided to try the nearest course - Dutcher Creek - but unfortunately, it was closed for a tournament. I called Grants Pass and managed to persuade the pro to let us play the more interesting back nine. Scott and I had prime rib (preceded by the usual soup and salad) for our "light" evening meal (everyone else at home had had scrambled egg!).
