Family Visit

Matt, Amy, Chloe and Logan braved the long trip from Texas to visit us last week. Before they even left Texas, they learned that their last flight was cancelled so they had to stay overnight in a hotel without their luggage. Which, by the way, did not arrive for another day and a half after they arrived! Aside from the travel drama, we had a great time sightseeing and visiting. Right after we picked them up from the airport we went on a jet boat trip.

C, W, and G on the way to the lodge for lunch on the jet boat. We got to see deer, bald eagles, blue heron....

Amy, Matt, and J enjoying the sun and the scenery (notice everyone is dry):

G, C, and W on the boat on the way back-and a little damp from being splashed.

The driver did multiple 360 spins and raced two other jet boats back and worked hard to get everyone splashed on the way back.

The next day everyone (but me) went rock climbing and Matt helped Geoff set up an outdoor fireplace and a grill (thanks Matt!) Then we headed to Crater Lake the following day.

Whole group in the park:

Snowball fight in July!

Matt cooling off:

J and C by the lake:

The kiddos:

And we ventured out to another National Park. The Lava Beds in CA. L and J by some cool black rocks:

J enjoying the cave. This one took us down lots on stairs (in the complete darkness except for our flashlights) to the bottom of the cave to see ice on the bottom.

Coming out of the first cave flashlights in hand:

Heading into another cave.

Geoff and Matt went into a more advanced cave themselves and Geoff found himself inches from a bat! There are hundreds of caves at this park but I don't think you come across any bats unless you start crawling in tight spaces which is what Geoff and Matt were doing.

Smores!

On their last day here, Matt and Geoff had to work so Amy and I took the kids to walk downtown and enjoyed some time relaxing while the kids played for almost two hours at a park. The weather was awesome. Thanks for visiting!