end of summer

Ok so not much has gone on. We have been just hanging out at home and working on the yard. We did go to a weekend camping trip the end of August and again forgot the camera so have to wait to see if someone else got any good photos. We went to lost lake August 20-22, got up there late Friday and set up camp. (grandpa and Kaelyn got there first and found us a camp sight). Saturday we got up ate hung around for a bit at the camp sight and then went on a hike around the lake. Kids had fun wading in the lake (even though it was a bit cold out). the afternoon they took the inflatable boats out on the lake and then dinner, campfire, and bed. We woke up to rain on Sunday morning so packed up and headed home. on our way home we stopped at Multnomah Falls, which the little kids have not been there before and thought it was a blast. We made it home around noon unloaded got lunch and took the kids to TCBY and then more yard work. Weekend went by so fast. The kids loved camping (even though it was short) so we will plan a longer trip next year.

the following weekend I took off Friday and Monday for a long weekend. We were suppose to go to the beach with Kaelyn's gymnastics team but that was cancelled because of the weather. We ended up going to George Rodgers park for a picnic with her team instead. the Kids did not want to leave. they played in the river, fed the ducks, and looked for rocks. the time flew by and it was time to go home. again making plans to go back again. Jake however will be put on a leach as he was talking to anyone that would listen to him. at one point he started following a man to his car because he had bread in the car and Jake wanted more. Thank goodness he had the sense to come tell me where he was going before he made it to the car. After that my eyes were on him the entire time. The kids had friends over the rest of the afternoon. The rest of the weekend we did some school shopping and yard work. School starts next Tuesday.