It has been a long while. It has been busy. For the month of July we had our nephews, Jon and Dylan. That was interesting. Not use to having kids around on an everyday basis. But it was fun.
Hubby had talks with them, the normal right and wrongs, helping mom, being brothers. Tried to teach them to clean up after themselves, clean up around the house without being asked…..we’ll see if anything sticks…lol But at that age, you can only try.
We took them on a small hike on Mt Hood, around Trillium Lake
Hubby with Dylan & Jon at Trillium Lake
Even got to see a critter on the trail.
We took them to the Oregon Zoo, getting Jon to smile for pics is tough….Dylan, he loves to smile…lol
Jon & Dylan
After the zoo we went to the Portland Rose Gardens…..it is something to see. Dylan loved the smell of the different roses.
Portland Rose Gardens
We took them back to Canada and had an extended family camping the first weekend of Aug at Cultus Lake.
Hubby with Eliza
Spent one of those days at the water park….that was a ton of fun. That weekend was full of lots of food, talk and good times with 48 people. =)
Hubby & I
Most of July, we had below average temps and above average rain….during our “dry” season. We finally started getting decent weather towards the end. So didn’t do as much with the boys as we really wanted to. But still had fun. =)
We did have a fun gift for the boy’s Uncle Von….grin This is something college fans, especially Big Ten fans would appreciate. Their Von is a HUGE Michigan fan and you know, our loyalties are with Purdue….sooo.. We decided to give their uncle something to remember us by. We all dressed in Purdue gear, hung a Purdue flag and took a picture that we printed out and put into a Purdue frame, so he can put it in his Michigan room….grin As he said, it is the people in the picture that matters, not what we were wearing……LOL
The boy’s gift to their Uncle Von, a HUGE Michigan Fan. =)
Aunt Patrice & Uncle Von getting their gift from the boys. =)
A week after we got back we decided to go for a small trip. We never drove up the 101 coast of WA….BIG mistake. We were expecting it to be scenic like Northern California and all of Oregon….wow, disappointing. The first part of it, you had all the sloughs….which were kind of cool to see. And the Kalaloch Beach of the Olympic National Park, was really cool….that is what we expected to see more of. But the rest of the drive was boring…..no really scenic areas, just tunnel trees and what scenic areas there were….like 2 of them, there were no pull offs to enjoy them.