This Is What We Were Up To Last Week

To celebrate the Fourth we went with a huge group up to our family cabin in Mazama, WA (think almost to Canada...5 hr car drive...but whose counting?) It was a lot of fun, but also a lot of work (mostly for the Moms, we all know Dads get to have all the fun :) Here are some--Ok, maybe I should rephrase that....Here are a TON of pictures from the trip.

This is the lake that we hiked 2.2 miles to see (caleb hiked the whole thing be himself!)

Now this is the Life!

Our sleeping quarters, spying on Drays after his nap (yes, he napped while camping...he is amazing!)

Caleb lounging with Uncle TravCaleb rode the dirt bike all by himself for the first time this weekend

The Guion Fam
"The Dads" packing the babies

Trav & I at the river, just before we braved the icy cold water

We bathed (it didn't seem to help)
Caleb showing off his "guns"...whose kid is this anyways??

Who wouldn't want to play baseball to a backdrop like this?

Caleb on the hike posing by a "his size" waterfall ;)

Caleb thought it was so cool to make a snowball during the summer!
Nonni and Drays (why yes, that is ICE in the background floating on the lake...but he screamed when we took him out...crazy kid!)
Chip finally coaxed a fish out of hibernation :)

Crazy Kid still playing in the cold water of the Methow River (poor Nonni ended up getting in with him)

Drayser and Papa KevO just checking things out
Caleb showing off the fish he and Daddy caught

And we bathed some more (still didn't help)

Roasting mallows for Smores
Drays sporting the "headlamp"
THE END!

wait, one last thing. Caleb has been begging for me to shave his head "bald." So last night I finally gave in and gave Chip and Caleb summer haircuts. Notice that it is not "bald" but Caleb still thinks it is!! Too funny.

Fish ON!

On Sunday Chip took Caleb on a "man" outing. And how much manlier does it get than fishing?. They went to the recently stocked Columbia Park Pond. And it did not disappoint. Several hours and a purple juice mustache later, Caleb hooked a 15" trout. After a little help from Daddy, that baby was theirs. And now it is in my refrigerator waiting to be cooked. Yippee for me. You should have seen how proud he was (I meant Caleb here...but Chip was pretty darn proud and excited too :) Please note his "fishing" vest. Yep, came up with that all on his own. Where does he get this stuff...it's not like we sit around watching the fishing network on TV or spend any time at all discussing anything fishing related. I'll say it again...strangely observant, this kid of ours.

After more than half the day I was getting worried that I would need to call in a missing person's report. But alas, they were not drowned in the kiddie pond...apparently the 10 year old boy next to Caleb had caught 2 fish, and our totally un-competitive child (please note sarcasm) did not want to leave until he had not just 2, but 3 fish! He was finally coerced into coming home with promises of more fishing and possibly golfing next weekend!

PS. Caleb thinks he is an amazing fisherman now. Really, no lack of self-confidence in this boy. Apparently besides playing pro hockey, he will also be joing the Pro Bass Fishing Tour...

I love this kid.