Sidenote:: I am posting complete albums on the Facebook pages as fast as my connection will allow.
We spent time between all that kid and work stuff working on the house and building a deck in in July. :P
At the beginning of August we went to
Florence and Tillamook with Girl Scouts....
Jordan spent the WHOLE summer in Utah with Ma (Geno's Mom) he had some wonderful opportunities he would have never had here at home. I don't have any pictures. But I'm sure Ma took some.
SO.... in August I took the longest vacation
time in a row I have ever had from the Lab(a whole 10 days in a row) and we drove to Utah.
We camped the whole way there.... with only a few detours..... and took the "back roads" the entire trip. We traveled
down Hwy 101, stopped in Cresent City, toured
the Redwoods, then stopped in the Siskou's
and had fun in Lake Shasta. We were planning on stopping in Susanville but ended up driving through that area due to forest fires.
Then we wanted to go thru Reno, but we never got in touch with relatives there :( we just stopped a few hours.
So.... we drove in the night (best way to go through the desert)
...... and arrived in Utah.
Strait to Ma's - excited to see boy - and ready for the next day and the family reunion.
Next Stop .... Pierce's
(Uncle Bubba, Auntie Melissa, and Bruce's House)
and their Castle!
Had fun with cousins.
We camped with the family. Shot marshmellow guns we built. Went swimming with the family. Jumped on Grandpa. Geo-cached with uncles. Did art projects with aunts. and had some real quality time with all seven of us. The only family sibling attachments missing were Charity's kids and hubby. But Charity was there! So it still counts. Memories created, bonds solidified, and proof that we can have fun really cheap. I don't have the group picture......Wish I did, but my camera was not in use at that time.
We left the reunion,
And Into Tolley Land
We had a wonderful BBQ -
Played with more cousins, and water gun fights,enjoyed "shows" by Gracelynn and Mia.
Then crashed at Ma's for the overnight, getting ready to drive back to Oregon in the early morning.
Then we were on our way home .....
we stopped to see Geno's Grandma Ruth. That visit was so worth the time that we stayed longer. The kids all ended up with new blankies, plus some other great things and a chance to visit with their Great-Grandma.
Then -we drove strait home - yip.
Dead-Heading.
Tag-Teaming.
So I could be to work the next morning.
AND The next day was school registration! ....... I'll post more soon.
