Quick post about our weekend and week (so far)

Rob has been out of town this week. We went camping last weekend and had a fabulous time. So good to spend time as a family. Looking through these pics of last weekend makes me miss terribly. He's such a FUN dad. Rob is the one to jump in the water and splash and laugh with the kids. He's the one to play tickle monster and run around the house with them every evening. The boys had a rough day and I think a big part of it is due to them missing daddy.

Anyway, here are some pics from our weekend:









This was funny- Rob went running into the river (this is the Columbia River btw) and made this big splash. Gid and Jasper got so excited. Rob called out to the boys and Gid went running straight into the cold, cold water. He didn't even care until he got to his mid line when he realized how cold the water was. Jasper then went running straight in also. They just wanted to join their dad in the water so bad, they didn't mind the freezing water. It was pretty cute.




making race tracks in the sand


Gid the beached boy. He couldn't manage to get himself up and kept calling out for help :)


I didn't get in the water. I was too chicken. I used to be a bit more brave about these things but the water was COLD!

We went hiking in the morning. It was sunny and warm and beautiful!










Jasper and Gid holding hands and picking up sticks

We spent the late afternoon in Leavenworth. This is a really quaint and interesting little place in the world. It is a Bavarian style city. The buildings all look like this:



There are horse-drawn carriages and a cute little trolley that transport people from place to place.



There were two old men with knickers playing accordions for all the townspeople and tourists.



We felt like we were in Europe. The town feels as though it was dropped from the sky in the middle of Washington state. It was really fun, though, and we will definitely be going back sometime soon.