First of two posts for a dual Father's Day outing in the Cascades. First time up to the Cascade lakes this year. There is still a decent amount of snow lying around given that it's late June. In the late morning we did a hike around Todd Lake. Kids loved sliding on the snow but the ground was a little soggy in places which made for some wet shoes. At the far end of the lake Kevin went up to the top of the ridge with Hunter and Noah for some amazing views of the lakes and surrounding mountains.
Last day of school for the kids. Hunter - 4th grade Noah - 2nd grade Abbie - 1st grade Preston - pre-school
Kevin
Abbie received the character trait award for "perseverence" at school at the last assembly. We are so proud of our girl. She had a fantastic year!
The kids competed in another track meet. They were nervous but they did great and had fun trying different events.
Someone had a good birthday!
Here's to another great year.
We love you!
We spent Memorial Day together and enjoyed the great spring weather doing a family hike along the south canyon loop segment of the Deschutes River Trail system south of the Old Mill area. It was about 3.5 miles so a good hike for little PJ.
Memorial Day Long weekend 2016.
Saturday we did work around the house so after church today we decided to go explore a new location in the area. We decided to head down to LaPine State Park, which is about 25-30 minutes South of Bend off Highway 97.
Our first site was the 'Big Tree'. It is the largest (by circumference) Douglas fir tree in the World. It used to be the largest in girth and in height but a storm knocked the top over many years ago, so that honor is taken by a tree in northern California.
After visiting the Big Tree we went for our first every family mountain bike ride on the Fall River loop that departs from the McGregor Overlook parking area. A 4.75 mile ride mostly flat with a few ups and downs. Along the way Hunter, Noah and I did the small offshoot to see Fall River Falls.
Updated front view (not much changed on outside) + views out the 3 back windows (kitchen, great room and master) + deck.
This is a video of walking in the front door into the kitchen/great room area.
Noah running the 200 meter and 400 meter.
Hunter didn't do a lot of running events because his knee was hurting, but he still managed to get some ribbons.
The boys had their first track meet today. Boy was it fun to watch!
