Eastern Oregon Trip

This weekend we went over to eastern Oregon, Redmond (between Sisters and Bend), with some friends to go skiing. BUT...with all the snow hitting other parts of the country Oregon has be unusually warm and the mountains barely have any snow. So our big ski trip turned into a fun filled hiking, biking, swimming, hanging out with friends trip.

With temperatures hitting the 50's we ventured out for a great hike at Smith Rock to check out the impressive cliffs and to watch rock climbers (and for mom and dad to reminisce about our rock climbing days).

Walking along the Crooked River the boys exclaimed "these are some big rocks!" and "that's like a huge cliff!" and "I think dinosaurs hatched out of these rocks!"

Our family.

Cole was very proud of himself for hiking the trail and for making it back up to the top before mom did.

After the hike we ate pizza for lunch, went on a bike ride and went swimming at an indoor pool at the place we were staying. Then the boys hunkered down with some hot chocolate, popcorn and grapes to watch a show about beavers.

The boys and their friend Leo enjoying banana ice cream together (frozen bananas put through a juicer with yogurt mixed in...who knew it could be so good!).

Stories by all were read, many times, over the weekend.

Since there was no snow we decided to hit a snow park at one of the passes we drive past on the way home to get in a little sledding. We are talking no snow for weeks...hence the dirty snow!!
Our friends getting a boost down the hill!

Dylan and Dad were adrenalin junkies going to the very top to sled down, over and over!

While Dad and Dylan were busy catching air on the slope, Cole and Mom worked on digging a snow cave that turned into a snow tunnel! Cole was occupied for hours!

Dylan was getting braver and braver the longer we were there...and by the end he wanted to go down the hill by himself! Do I need to worry?