A Visit to Polson Family Eyecare

07 November 2008

This summer on our way back home from Canada (HighSchoolReunion!) we stopped in at my kid brother’s place for a visit. I say kid brother only to diminish slightly the high-school era growth spurt that gave him a good 4-5 inches of height over me. Of course, he was dropped on his head as a child and we think this abnormality might be something related to glandular disruption due to the fall. I kid, I kid.

Well, he recently graduated from optometry school back in Ohio and moved back west to start his own eye-umachacallit-dealio. He wanted somewhere that was close to the families in Canada (his wife is also Canadian- from a town that makes ours look huge) and Polson, MT seemed to fit the bill nicely. Happily, he found an older doctor that was retiring and bought the practice. Its nice to have him back in the west so we can see him on our twice-yearly bike trips to Moab.

This is him trying to ride as expertly as I do. The form is flawed, as is the technique, but you can’t fault him for trying. I kid, I kid.

Polson is on the south end of Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana. This is a very familiar place, as we spent a lot of time as kids tromping thru this area. Some friends had a cabin on a lake near by and we’d always go down once or twice a year to ski, swim and muck around. Its only about 3 hours from Cardston and is just a lovely place to visit. Its very Montana, with the Rockies staring down at you and pine trees galore. The Kalispell environs bring back lots of good memories.

So anywhooo, we stopped by his business for some quick check-ups - my daughter was in need of some new glasses and we ran the others thru as well. Being who I am, I yanked out the Canon and snapped some fun pictures of the kids trying on goofy frames and doing the check up thing.

A few more here...

Hey, its the weekend almost! Huzzah! Have a good one...

Tags:Personal Work, Family

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Micro Soccer Begins

17 September 2008

Micro soccer began last Friday for my middlesque son. Micro soccer, as you might guess, is small-format soccer for the young’uns. Three players and a postage stamp-sized field. No goalies, just one meet a week with practice and games rolled in to one. It works for teaching the basics, and the boys love it. Last year I coached this team, but with all my work travel, I decided to let someone else handle it this year.

Here are a few pictures from Friday’s meet-up...