We have had a fun filled July!
We had so much fun at DaVinci Days...especially watch the kinetic sculpture race with our friend Rowan...who couldn't stop checking out the boys and screeching for joy every time a sculpture went by. Super cute!
This was one of our favorites this year! Tree frog!
We also took a weekend camping trip to the Metolius River in Central Oregon.
Boys in their element!
Cole was having a serious discussion with that river!
Dylan (and Cole) walked out on the log all the way to the little island Dylan is standing on...good thing the river is only about a foot deep here!
A little campfire story time! Why does Dylan look like he is about 8 years old in this picture??
Dylan with his "Y" stick...he always seems to like to collect sticks shaped as the letter "Y".
A good morning sitting around the campfire...who doesn't like to have a fire poker stick!?
We went for a hike and Cole told us all about the trees we were seeing...reading to us from his tree identification book!
Dylan looking for birds with his binoculars. This is the headwaters of the Metolius River...which is amazing because the river rushes out from the side of a hill and is instantly the size of a river. It is created by underground springs.
We also checked out a fish hatchery while there and got to check out a group of artists who were painting the river.
Before heading home we stopped at Scout Lake to play in the water!
Dad had work in Portland later in July so the boys and Mom headed up for a couple of fun days in the big city! We made sure to hit our favorite fountain to cool our heels after dinner...we actually had a heat wave last weekend!
Dylan fell in love with this pillow that the hotel had on the beds. He made sure that I took a good picture of it so maybe we could make one!
While in Portland we made sure to hit our favorite museum, OMSI, but we also checked out the World Forestry Museum for the first time. Here the boys had so much fun with the 'Timber Jack' simulator...where you try to cut down trees, de-branch them, and put them in a pile!
They also had a raft that you could pretend to be riding rapids down a white water river...we did that one over and over too!
Our garden has also been flourishing this year!
Cole is always our best picker/harvester...and Dylan is always our best muncher/eater! Dylan will just go outside at his liking and graze until satisfied!
Our little froggie!
