The lazy sniper

Ty and Matthew got a .22 bolt-action long rifle and have been out shooting a few times. Watch out Pepsi cans and self-resetting targets! Matthew has an uncanny ability to hit his target consistently from 50 yards. Wait until we scope the rifle! Matthew is a huge fan of FBI, NCIS, and basically any type of Federal Agent.

Silence is Golden....

Starting in 5th grade, students can begin playing a musical instrument. Matthew loves music and waiting until October to begin playing the trumpet was going to be difficult. We decided to get him started a few months early. He got his trumpet yesterday and was extremely excited. He played it for the rest of the day. Lucky for him, he will get some instruction starting the beginning of July until band starts towards the end of September or early October.

Play Ball!

This past weekend we took a trip up to Seattle to see the visiting San Francisco Giants take on the Seattle Mariners.


There was Ichiro Suzuki

There was Ken Griffey Jr

But they were no match for Matt Cain who only allowed one run and pitched a complete game. Giants win 5-1!

2009 Lacamas Creek Pinewood Derby

Tonight was Matthew's 3rd pinewood derby and his first as a new Webelos scout. There were 25 boys participating in tonight's event. Matthew decided he wanted an "NCIS" theme car this year, sticking with the law enforcement theme from last year's "CSI" car. We used a standard wedge design with a little twist. We routered out the letters NCIS all the way through his car. We painted it Navy Blue, which was fitting since NCIS stands for Naval Criminal Investigative Services. All of the boys had a great time, with huge smiles on their faces. Lot's of happy dads too.

Blue and Gold Banquet

For the Blue and Gold Cub Scout Banquet, each scout was supposed to make a dessert with their dad. Matthew and I made miniature hamburgers. We used nilla wafer cookies for the buns, York Peppermint Patties for the beef, frosting for the catchup and mustard, shredded coconut with green food coloring for the lettuce, and sesame seeds for...well....sesame seeds. (used honey to get them to stick)


Click on photo for a closer look!

Madagascar League Champs....kinda

Today was the last week of the first half of our bowling league. There are 8 teams with four people on each team. Our team consists of Ty, Matthew and two other children, a girl and a boy. Going into today's match, we were in first place by one game. Our record was 14-4. We won all four games today, to end the first half 18-4 and clinch the first half championship!

NCIS Special Agent

In the Percy household, the television show "NCIS" has become a favorite. Matthew especially likes the show and even has the hat and ID badge to prove it! This is how he was dressed for school today. (and most of this week, I just learned!)

Daddy, Daughter, Son date......

I found two willing volunteers not too far from home....We went to Big Al's bowling alley for an hour at Slider Alley.


After the bowling, we voted on where to eat dinner. I voted for home, but was outnumbered, so we ended up at a world class seafood restaurant instead.


We decided to let the lobsters live another day, but the snow crabs weren't so lucky...Muwahahaha.....

Sour Face

Matthew wanted to show me his face after licking a lemon...

Math Night

Recently Amy's middle school had Math Night. Amy met up with one of her friends and they had a great time going from station to station doing the different math problems. They also got extra credit in their math class!

Skiing

It's been 13 years since I have been snow skiing. I forgot how much fun it can be. It was made even more enjoyable because it was Amy's first time going, and we got to spend the whole day together having an absolute blast! Amy is a natural! She picked it right up and and did GREAT all day. (and night!) We spent a good part of the day on the bunny slopes learning basic technique, but she wasn't content to stay there all day. Finally we headed up one of the real lifts. I was determined to stay on the "easy" runs all the way down. (Green circle) Somehow we ended up on an intermediate run! (Blue square) Amy handled it well and only fell once! (knocking me down!) I'm not as young as I used to be....To make it more interesting, it was nighttime and snowing like crazy while we were coming down. we finally ran into another "easy" run and made it to the bottom safe and sound. Amy had a huge grin on her face all day. I think a new hobby may have been found....

More Bowling....

Today was our second week bowling the Madagascar league. We bowled well and had a lot of fun. Here is a clip of Matthew bowling....

Bowling

Today Matthew and Ty began bowling on the Madagascar bowling league. It's every Saturday morning for the next 16 weeks. Today we established our averages and met our other team mates. It was a lot of fun and promises to be a great father-son activity!



Matthew is really enjoying bowling and is doing a great job working on keeping the ball on the lane!

White Christmas

For the first time in many, many years, we enjoyed a white Christmas in the Pacific Northwest. (Well, a Christmas with more than a dusting of snow that was gone minutes after it fell anyway!) Everyone enjoyed the snow, even though we had to put tire chains on the car to go anywhere! Believe it or not, it was the first time in my life I have ever put tire chains on a car!