*Once again, these are completely out of order. Google photos is giving me fits these days, and it would take WAY too long to put them in chronological order. So I'm just not. Sorry!!!
So, in my family's awesome tradition of having really creative names for everything, most of our activities happened at what we called The Big House. Dinner was there each night, and Tracy was really great about organizing nightly activities that kept everyone involved without being too complicated. So one night we each told about a favorite thing (limit one minute per person!); another night, she'd made a slideshow of all the other family vacations we'd taken. Stuff like that. And it all went so nicely and was such a fun way to spend time with everyone all together!
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| So some of the kids in the middle got messed up, but you can still get the idea...! All gathered at the Big House! |
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| Bike riding after the kids are in bed (and it's cooled off a little!) |
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| Sunriver has a lovely little nature center, and we loved this owl! |
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| Craig got it in his head that we should go back to Lake Cultus but this time, rent a jet ski. And he was right! I LOVED riding the jet ski!!! |
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| We even let the big kids take turns driving! |
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| Grown up time at Goody's! |
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| Natalie had the idea to have our own little 4th of July bike parade, and the kids had a blast! It was so fun! |
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| There were also pony rides for the little kids... (I think Camille was as interested in talking to the guy leading the ride as she was in the pony...) |
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| Possibly my favorite picture from the whole week! |
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| Cousin bumper cars! |
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| And the big kids (and lots of the grown ups) went on a trail ride, too! |
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| Tracy and Adam set up a pickle ball court in the driveway for everyone to enjoy |
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| Saying a very huggy good-bye to Theo when it was time for the Maddens to head home... |
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| A Swainson's hawk |
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| "Trying on" the antlers! |
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| Colton looks very serious about this... |
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| Clayton and Cora matching! |
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| We even got my mom to ride! |
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| Impromptu kitchen dance party! |
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| Gotta love it when you're the only one who notices your picture is being taken! |
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| This was another evening activity-- basically we had a sing-a-long with songs that are our parents' favorites. We weren't sure how well this would go, but everyone loved it so much we went longer than planned, so that was awesome! |
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| More from the 4th of July Bike Parade... |
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| Family portrait, courtesy of Brian! |
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| And a gorgeous shot of Sunriver and Mt. Bachelor, also courtesy of Brian! |
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| The whole gang! |
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| Cousins in matching pajamas! |
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| Claire fell asleep during this bike ride... |
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| Leah taught a boxing class for the sisters one morning |
With all this stuff going on, the week just flew by. Before I knew it, it was time to pack everything into our rental van and head to my parents' house on Bainbridge! But with all the hassle it had been to get there, I was glad we weren't heading home just yet...
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