In our family, summer isn't summer without a trip to Wallowa Lake. Last year when we went, I was 6 months pregnant with Georgia and we camped. There are two things wrong with that sentence...pregnant and camping! But this year, our trip was more spur of the moment. With only a couple of weeks notice, we packed up the kids and the car and drove to Oregon ready for a fun and relaxing week. This was Lu's first vacation since last summer and we were lucky and excited that he got to come (we left on the second day of the new iPhone premier, the busiest day of the year at AT&T!) My parents were already there so we got to hang out with them. We spent a couple of days on the lake - last year my parents found a rope swing, so we spent most of the time there. On the first day, we rented a row boat - yes, a row boat - and my little brother Dillon rowed us to the swing (about 1/2 mile of lake, I would guess). There we had lunch and had fun swinging into the water. Even my mom got in on the fun. We never got Lu to swing or even set a foot in the water, he's a party pooper. But he was good to watch the kids so I could have fun! After a week of swimming, shopping, hiking, and lazing around it was time to come home. We had a great time and can't wait to go back next year for our family's 25th anniversary of spending summers at Wallowa Lake!
Me & Gibson swimming in the lake...the water was so cold we had to wear life jackets just to keep us from getting tired in the water. You can't breathe and swim at the same time!
Dillon banzai-ing off the rope swing.
My mom, Lu and I went on a hike up to this waterfall - so pretty! (The waterfall, not us. Come on, we'd been hiking for an hour!)
Uncle Dill taking a nap with Georgia.
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Gibson tearing up the mini-golf course in his "Grandpa-Gary Hat."
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2 comments:
what a FUN family day! Britt, it's SO great to find you & check out your family adventures through your blog (i just love blogs!). When you get a chance, you'll have to check ours out.
You look fabulous, and I love the names you chose for your babies! Too cute.
-shara
Looks like you had a great time. Isn't Wallowa the best? We have some great memories there. Glad that you are all doing well. So far the dog + 2 kids equation is working out well. Alora adores her and has a ton of fun running around with her. We'll be down there Aug. 10 for a week for Matt's school, so let's get together!! Love ya!
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