Donaldson Crew Adventures

Sunriver is a destination resort and small village about 15 minutes south of Bend, that we enjoy going to now and again. Its Dec 26 and the sun was shining today so we thought it would make for a fun afternoon.  

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Here is a pano shot towards the mountains.  You can see Abbie and PJ playing in the left side of the shot on the snow covered golf course.

Kelly, Sue, Hunter, Noah and Abbie went skating at the Sun River Ice Rink, while PJ and I watched and took a train ride.  Abbie had some trouble remembering how to skate so we got her the walker and then within about 5 minutes she was done with the walker.

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We finished off the evening with a winter fire on the back patio.

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It's been green since thanksgiving. It's started raining this morning and the immediately turned to snow so we will have a white Christmas this year.

We all got hot drinks and walked around the neighborhood to look at the Christmas lights with the new snow, and then opened the first gift of Christmas!

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Grest evening with friends for drinks, dinner and a Christmas white elephant exchange.

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PJ was disappointed this week when he went to lick the giant candy canes in our neighbors yard and much as he tried it would not taste right.

Our family drove down and spend the week of thanks giving in sunny, warm California.   The weather was spectacular which made for some great times at the beach.  We also spend two days at Disneyland and California Adventure.  First time for the boys!  All in all a great week, and nice to spend it with family.

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Hanging with GG and Noah.  As you can tell from the pics, PJ was not interested in having his photo taken.  

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Noah (Loomis) helping Hunter and Noah build a snow fort outside

Kelly's Grandmother ("GG" to our kids) and her cousin Noah came through town this weekend on their way up to Seattle, where Noah lives with his family.  He wanted to get out and do something, so I thought Smith Rock might be a fun outing given the recent snow.  It was beautiful there today.  We did the hike up and over the top (Misery Ridge), hiked down the other side past the famous Monkey face rock and back along the river trail.  It was a winter wonderland.

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Here are a few scenery shots as the sun started filtering through the clouds:

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An amazing Pano that I took as we were leaving - very cool lighting