The boys swam their hearts out at their last meet.
Noah got braces today. He is really excited about it! He went with pink and blue rubber bands.
Hunter Noah and their friend Stone from Boise. Hitting the trails right off the back yard!
Papa treated us all to a fun night at the Angels game tonight. The kids had a blast eating peanuts, hotdogs and getting a rally monkey. It was a perfect night with lots of laughing and baseball watching.
We packed the car and headed on the road for California to spend time with family. Papa was able to make the car ride with us since daddy had to stay to work. 16 + hours with a few minor compilations and we made it. Love my dad for making the trip. Road trips can be fun but long and Papa was such a big help and a saint. We ❤ Papa!!!
Kelly left for California today with her dad and the kids for the week. I will fly down next weekend and drive back with them, however with no family today, I decided to go out for a hike today in the high cascades. My destination was the Matthieu Lakes (North and South) via a 7 mile loop hike. I departed from Dee Wright Observatory about 15 miles southwest of Sisters. This starting point adds an extra mile each way from the standard trailhead but the views from the lava fields are great. The weather was warm with a slight breeze, and a perfect day for a walk. I brought Red with me to enjoy the lakes. He love the swimming but is not in as good a shape as he was in his younger years. He was suffering near the end and I had to carry him off and on the last 1/3 of a mile.
View of North and Middle Sister at the start of the hike along with the snow barren Mt Washington while hiking along the lava fields.
The hike takes you up to around 6000 ft. Here are some pictures along the highest point of the hike and South Matthieu lake that has North Sister poking up in the background.
After enjoying the sun at South Mattieu Lake, we headed down hill to the slighly bigger North Mathieu Lake. Red got out and did more swimming at this one.
From here it was back to the car for a cold beer waiting on ice.
This weekend on Saturday Papa came in after being in the northwest for work and we went to the Oregon Airshow. It was really cool with lots of jets and stunt planes capped off by the Blue Angels. Amazing.
Thanks Papa!
Due to T-storms last week we had to delay Noah's swimming party at SHARC in Sun River. This week the weather was great. Boys stayed outside until it closed at 8, although it was getting chilly by that point as you can see by the boys wrapped in towels.
