Scout hike Ratttlesnake ridge

Alex's first Boy Scout Hike..Be prepared wasn't in his vocabulary..no water,snacks and dressed as warmly as possible for 70 degree weather...Still loved it...

He got out of doing errands with Mom and Dad instead..yahooooo...

School must go on...

Yep, it's that time of the year again..The kids worst nightmare...Back to School. Alex got to wear his cast for the first day..Then it was off to the doctor to take it off...
Anna-Maria looks thrilled..She hates it when I take photos the first day..She asked if I was going to take photos of her first day when she is 40 and in high school. I said "No way, you won't be living at home at 40 if your still in high school."

Mr. Safey Patrol...as you can see he loves having his photo taken too...

row,row, row your boat

We were treated to a day at the Lake of the Woods near Nana and Papa's. It's a beautiful lake, cool on a hot day...
I'm surprised but Papa convinced the two chickens to use a paddle boat..They loved it...

Oh what do you do? She wore this chair everywhere..Doesn't make a great backpack though...Homeward bound after this trip...Too bad..The kids wanted to stay at Nana and Papa's forever..There's room right?!

Cavemen

Oregon caves here we come...While it is 90 degrees outside, inside it's 42..Glad we brought coats...
What an adventures cave...there are 520 steps, sometimes you have to go sideways, duck to 45 inches, and watch you head at all times..The only wildlife we saw in the cave was a bat....It was a cool experience...

Thanks Papa for taking us....

End of First part of trip

My goal for the last day of our trip was to reminisce..on my hometown of Vacaville, and then onto Napa and Sonoma..It didn't go as planned..Alex and Anna-Maria could have cared less about my hometown except for making Moooing sounds for the "Cowtown". They loved the Jelly Belly factory of course and the cheese factory in Sonoma but their attitude was "Let's just get back to Nana and Papa's." Next time I'm going down with someone else who will enjoy shopping and touristing....