Friday, February 4, 2011

A Beautiful Oregon Summer

This picture about sums it up. Oregon is beautiful in the Summer. We had a great trip. Below are some of the highlights....


First and most important we welcomed a new member to the family. Baby Alyssa was welcomed into the world. She is so precious. We love her!

We had a great horseback riding adventure at Uncle Chucks and Aunt Lynn's home.


A trip wouldn't be complete without golf. Joe, James, Jeff and J.G. played in a tournament together.

Elli, Tyler and Cozette all dressed in white for...

their baptisms. Elli and Joe look so beautiful/handsome on the special day.

In fact it was a great day for the whole family. We were all smiles and had a great time with some many great family and friends that were able to attend. We love you all. Thank you for making the day wonderful for Elli.

It is at the top of the Mt. Bachelor's Ski-lift. Look at the view...


...It is SPECTACULAR!!!

We went camping and stayed next to the lake. If you look real close that is Joe out doing his swim. We took turns swimming out to the buoy and back. The water was cool, clear, fresh and absolutely wonderful!!!

Did I mention Oregon is beautiful?!?!?


We all loved camping. Trent threw so many rocks into the lake. He was happy to say there and throw all day long. He would have stayed all night too if we would have let him.


The camping trip was extra fun because we had great company; James, Patrice and their dog Diesel, Cousin Tyler, Great Happy and her dog Sammy, Barb and Jeff and their dog Penny, Tiery, Silvi and their three girls (friends from France) all joined in the fun.


Elli and Lucy (friend from France) hit is off. They layed in the warm sun by the lake, hiked 8.5 miles to Green Peter, jumped rope (Elli taught), danced (Lucy taught), played games, walked the dogs, watched for shooting stars and ate lots of ooy-gooy-super-sweet smores.

Trent had fun learning the fine art of roasting a campfire steak 'hot dog' from his Daddy.

Tyler broke the logs for the fire with help from ....

...Uncle James and that very sturdy rock. Oh the joys of camping. We can't wait to do it all again next summer.

On a summer day, Trent found a very comfortable place to take his afternoon nap. Thanks Uncle Ken.

Trent loved the Bison at Christina's Family's Bison Ranch. There were cute new calves along with huge bulls. I'm glad their is a fence between my baby and that big bull! Oregon was filled with fun, family and lots of great memories.

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