Sunday, August 15, 2010

.:Sunriver:.

On to the last leg of our Oregon trip!

Our family always goes to this resort town in Central Oregon every year called Sunriver. It's the long awaited trip of every summer, and it just keeps getting more crazy and fun with our growing families!

We stayed in the same house that we had last year. It is a great house with lots of room for all of the little kids that are running around!

Sunriver always has lots of bike riding. We always bike down to the Lodge to get drinks and chat. It's a great mid-point to the ride. This year, there were a few of us with newer babies that had to drive down there to meet up with everyone. I'm sure we'll run into the same problem again next year! Reece loved riding in the bike carrier behind Josh. She thought she was pretty cool with her helmet and sunglasses. Sadly, we didn't get a picture of her in the carrier. Don't know how that happened!


One day we went to the High Desert Museum. I don't think that I've ever been there, and it was so neat! They have displays that document some of Oregon's history, which I could have spent a lot more time reading about. They also had lots of live exhibits of animals.

Remi and I taking a break.


There were tons of little chipmunks running around. You aren't supposed to feed them, but of course, we did. We obviously weren't the first! These little guys were so tame, they would take food right out of your hand - even out of a little kid's hand! Reece had fun feeding them and even got to pet one.




There is always the trip to Goody's for ice cream cones. Somehow, Reece ended up with mine.


Thanks for sharing MY ice cream with me, Reece.


One day we went to the park to let the kids run around. Reece suckered Josh into spending most of their time at the swings.


These are the three newest cousins: Jay, Hudson, and Remi


Remi taking a little snooze, ever the lady. (Look at those delicious thighs!)

We spent a little bit of time in the little village, checking out the shops and walking around. Reece is pretty cool standing in the double stroller.


And of course, there were lots of fun times at the pool. There are a couple of water slides at the pool, and Reece loved going down those! She would ride with Josh or I down the big one, and then there was a smaller one she could go down herself and Josh would catch her at the end.

My mom made these darling cover ups for all of the little ladies.


Ready for the pool!


We also had a really fun game nite of Minute to Win It. It's a great way to get everyone doing funny things and looking like an idiot in the process - sounds perfect for our family!

There was the Nut Stacker.... (Yes, that is a handlebar mustache that Ben is sporting.)



Ball Balancing....


Rubber Band Shooter....



and Face Your Cookie. Face Your Cookie was by far the funniest - sorry Mom and Dani for posting these pictures of you, but they are too good not to share! You had a cookie placed on your forehead, and you had to use your face to get it down and into your mouth without using your hands. Sooooo funny!





Josh and I ended up winning the game nite! No thanks to me, of course! :)

Thrown into the mix was an FHE, lots of delicious meals, a girl's nite out to see the movie Knight and Day (so cute and funny!), a little crafting, and lots of laughing and good times. It always goes by way too quickly, and I think we are all looking forward to next year already!

3 comments:

nison (nic + allison) said...

Can't wait for next year...already! We did have some good times this year! Sunriver NEVER gets old.

suzanne said...

While my face was pretty scary, Dani wins the cake on this one!

Mendel Family said...

Man you guys sure know how to have fun!