More Summer Shenanigans!

We finally have a hole in the ground where our house will be built! Jens likes inspecting it. 

  Leo is slowly learning that his job is to cuddle with DeA. 

 Bubbles loves going on four-wheeler rides. When I get to Mom and Dad's, she brings me her shoes to put on her and then walks me to the front door. 

  We spent a Saturday up in Mansfield at their car show. It was a fun day with food and games. 

 Jens waited patiently in line to get her face painted. 

 She was a unicorn with flowers, I think. 

 The boys participated in an egg toss and got third place!

 DeA was happy to watch the egg toss. She wasn't interested in getting dirty. 

 We came back to town just in time for Poly's graduation party! 

 Che che has had it with these kids playing in his yard and his boss has been riding him hard all day. He just wants to sit and enjoy his ice cream in peace. 

 A deeper hole!

 All that fun was too much for Jens. 

 Ryker made it to Gpa's, but didn't last long after that.  

 Baby Leo finally got to meet the dog who he was named after.  

 The Two Leos.  

 Rock made Baked Alaska. No reason, he just decided that making Baked Alaska was the most important thing in his life and had to make it right then. It was delicious. 

Summer and Cousins

Jens has learned how to ride the four-wheeler and loves taking people on rides.

  The finally moved dirt at our new house. Leo wasn't happy with the blatant disrespect that the excavator showed for his territory and has been re-marking it constantly. 

 He always looks like he accomplished something important on the way home. 

 Jens continues to be adorable. 

 The kids love playing in Leo's freshly marked territory. 

 DeA is still stunningly beautiful. 

 The sunsets up there are the best.  

 We had a nice little fire and roasted some marshmallows. 

 It was pretty awesome. 

  

 Vroom vroom!

 The excavator kept leaving fun toys behind. 

 Bubbles still isn't sure about her cousins. 

 Yup, this is us. 

 Cuddle time. 

  S'mores and ice cream, that's not going to help them sleep. 

 Hubba hubba!

 Rock almost walked right up to a bull snake. It was pretty big and healthy. We named him Ferdinand the Bull Snake.  

 Rock, Dad, and I helped Doug move some trees. The had just a little pollen.  

Sunriver Weekend!

  Memorial Day weekend is a busy and crazy weekend here, which means it's a great time to get away. We picked Sunriver, OR for our annual escape. Ryker was excited to see a Mod Pizza in Bend and chowed a whole pizza. 

 DeA showed everyone the house her parents owned when she was in high school.

 Jens decided that this trip was the time she wanted to learn how to ride a bike. She fell quite a few times, but she got up each time.

 It was sad but inspirational to watch.

 She finally figured it out and could ride like a champ!

 We had a cute little rental house. It was dated and old, but it was pretty comfortable. 

 Sunriver has a cool water park for the kids (and adults). The water was about 80 degrees and the air was about 45 degrees. That meant that you tried to stay in the water as much as you could. 

 Well, I stayed in the water. The kids played on obstacle course and the water slides. 

  

  

 All the water park fun made everyone pretty tired. That made nap-time extra fun. 

 We enjoyed finding some great places to eat, and some that were not to great. It was an adventure each time. 

 Goody's ice cream parlor was a big hit with the kids. 

  It was nice having everyone worn out by dinner.  

 We would usually hit the water park in the morning, and then the kids would stare a lot at lunch.  

 We had some rainy weather that forced us inside. The mini putt-putt course was a fun activity.  

I think we had fun, outside of one kid that melted down because he couldn't beat his dad.

 DeA has always loved the Pine Tavern. We went while really hungry and tired, that made waiting for food a little hard. 

 They loved the scones and homemade lemonade. 

 DeA loved the memories. 

  The river that runs through Bend was especially pretty during the sunset.  

 Family selfie!

 We stopped by DeA's great grandma's old homestead that is now a part of a museum in The Dalles, OR. 

 It was great for the kids to see how and where their great-great-great-great grandparents lived.

 They had the home, the barn, and the privy. I guess the really important things. 

 I tried to get them to give it a whirl, just for posterity's sake. They wouldn't do it. I will tell you this: I would pee somewhere if I knew that my great-great-great-great granddad had used that same tree or outhouse. You kind of have to.