Spring break part three

While the Dads fished, we took the kids on a hike to see the Lake Lenore Caves.  If you keep hiking upward you can actually see some petroglyphs, we didn't make it that far.  This is the view out from the first cave.

The pathway split and this was a photo from the left option... way to dangerous, we turned around right after I took  this photo!

First cave.
Second cave.

Spring Break part two

I don't know how to show more than five photos per blog entry...  so here are some more from our trip east.  As I was downloading I noticed that there is a small blurry spot near the middle of the photos...Bryant likes to squeeze his finger in the lense opening on my camera, the little stinker!  Here is Todd and some of the kids on a paddle boat.  I guess in the summer they have a few more things to take out onto the water.  This was the second week of opening for the new season and they were starting to clean up and repair the resort.  Opening fishing day for the Sun Lake is in two weeks.  The kids were bummed that the pool was empty, oh, it had a log in it but no water.

In this photo, Bryant is in mid air after making a putt!

Eating lunch and how do you like the backwards helmets on the boys?
After our Easter egg hunt.  The lake is just past all the brown reeds behind the children.

Sun Lakes Resort 4/09

This is the front view of our cabin.  It had one room with a twin bed, double bed, futon sofa, bathroom and kitchen area.  It was not the Hilton!  We've decided our kids are way too spoiled when the first thing they said was "Gross!  We're staying here?"  Too many nice hotels with hotel points!  We went to Sun Lakes Resort in central Washington for three days of our spring break  this year with our good friends the Hansen family.  I remember coming here with my family when I was a kid and having so much fun!  The lake was right outside our cabin, just past the grassy area.  We rode our bikes, played at the playground, fished on a couple of the many lakes in the area, hiked, played in the cold water, paddle boated around the lake, played miniature golf, had our own huge Easter egg hunt all around the cabins and had a lot of fun with our friends!

This is as close to fishing that Sydney got!
Bryant did go out with Todd for a little bit.  This is what I saw when they were headed back in...Bryant on the back, so Todd could fish, and leaning over the edge touching the water with his hand!  Todd rowed back in with Bryant just as he is in the photo, not worried at all! Ugh!
Taylor was okay as long as she could see and feel the bottom of the lake.  She has this control issue like I do, where my safety is concerned!

A couple of warm days...means water!

My kids love the water.  We were lucky enough to have two days of seventy degree weather this week and all my kids wanted to do was to head to the creek to play.  We headed to the park and then the creek.  Sydney's feet were so red from the ice cold water run off, I kept making her come out of the water to warm them up a bit.  Then the slip and slide came out, even though it doesn't work right.  They would hose it off and then slide down it.

Like our nice wood pile piled up underneath the tree?  Ugly!  We don't know where else to put it though, it can't be near the house for bug reasons...


Taylor made a teepee!  Not sure why though...

Easter Egg Hunt

Nana loves a good egg hunt!   And she came loaded with candy filled eggs for the kids.  This is before the hunt.

Checking out the loot!  And loading up on sugar too!
The kids love the crab apple tree, trimmed and all, it still works as the climbing tree they've always wanted.  Sydney loves to go all the way to the top and it scares me to death!  

Another Birthday Party!

Nana and Aunt Louise came up for a few hours last weekend from Portland to celebrate Bryant and Easter with an egg hunt, more on that later.  This is Bryant opening his Star Wars Light Sabers. His friend Jon has them and brings his over on Tuesdays when he comes to play and it is all Bryant has been talking about lately!  So he got two for his birthday from his sisters.  He now just wants to fight, sound effects and all!  

Trying them out with sister Tay.
Louise got him Red the fire engine from Cars.  Bryant and I have been looking for him for two years!
We got him the Sheds for his trains to park to go with his Thomas the train set.
This is how Bryant reacted when the only gifts left were for his sisters from Nana and Papa, and none left for him... pouty!  Happy Birthday Bryant!  We love you!

Bryant's 4th Birthday Party!

Oh, we had a fun April Fools Day!  It started out snowing all morning and melted almost as fast as it landed. I thought about putting plastic spiders in the girls sandwiches or chips, but thought better of it as they then would refuse to eat their food...  

Today we had Bryant's first friend birthday party and it was so much fun!  The kids each made their own pizza, had soda, cupcake and icecream cone, played, played a game, played, took their turn at the pinata, and played some more.  I decided since Todd wasn't here to just sit the pinata on the floor and let them have at it (I usually have him hold it)- worked great!  Everyone got a turn and then Bryant wacked it hard right in the middle and split it in two, I then dumped the candy and they all sat around really nicely picking out what each wanted.  Nothing like older children do... grabbing everything in sight!  So different.  We had four girls and one boy, plus Bryant. It was fun to see the major differences between boys and girls and how they play and get along!  This is how he acted when everyone was singing "Happy Birthday" to him!

He really got into opening his gifts this year, as he fully understood all that was happening.  He got a speed racer car, football, lots of coloring stuff, frisbee, Batman and Spiderman and bubbles!  So fun!  His real birthday is this Sunday.  Papa and Nana are coming on Saturday and we'll have birthday celebration number 2 then.


The boys discovered balloon boxing and had so much fun!  Thank you friends for coming to celebrate Bryant, he had a great time!