The Ellsworths left early, and the Craguns and Gealtas decided to rent a ski boat. We opted for a morning in Chelan. We rode the trolley again (apparently a real sleeper for some of us!) Went to a park.

Played miniature golf on a real green. Paige LOVED putting.

And cruised around in go carts. Tyson got to drive his own.

Chelan Events

Before we left we got a group shot since it was the last trip to Chelan with the Craguns. We started with a 6 kids and doubles to 12!

Hanging at the playground.

The boys decided to have a stroller derby with their siblings.

Playing games after putting the kids to bed.

Sitting still for a moment.

The girls found a great hideout under a nearby tree.

Cooking up some dutch oven cuisine, pineapple upsidedown cake.

Showing off at the beach.

Rafting around.

Joe and I took 14 of 16 kids on a trolley ride from Slidewaters to downtown Chelan for dinner. To my dissapointment ;) the drive in was closed. We ordered pizza and ate it at the park.

Sunny Slidewaters

It was definately our nicest day at Slidewaters ever. The weather was perfect, the lines were short, the kids were easy, and we bought tickets ahead of time that included lunch, score!Hardly saw the big boys.

Got my best 'air' ever, and recorded on film. Was proud of myself until I was informed that I am supposed to lift the mat up too!

Check out these cool dudes!

Not so cool now! When you fall off your tube, oops.

It took some convincing, but Kate warmed up to some of the big slides. I took her on an intertube slide and was nervous she was going to fall off. As we're bobbing up and down, racing around the corners she says 'don't worry mom, we're ok'.

And little Paige must have ridden the littlest baby slide 150 times. We'd catch her at the bottom and she'd tottle up to the top all by herself and go again, and again, and again.

She was a trooper going on our laps on the bigger slides too.

Go, go, go

Rick and Tyson took an early morning hike to the "Y" with all those brave enough for the steep incline.

Rick and 3 of his sisters, Michelle, Cheri, and Darla

We went swimming with the Haddocks. So fun to see them a year after they moved from WA to UT.

We went to a pioneer set up on Pioneer Day. The kids enjoyed learning some pioneer games.

A lot of car time... old fashioned style. Without a DVD player, handheld games, or even a CD player! Apparently the digital camera was used for entertainment.

The Bean Museam was one of the highlights of our campus time.

A late night trip to the creamery with the whole crew.

An evening playing pool, ping pong, and shuffleboard at the Senior Center Darla works at.

Our highlight of the whole trip was rock climbing at the quarry. Rick and I, the boys, and even Kate found a new activity to love. After coaching Kate to the very top, while belaying her, I actually climbed it myself and was nervous. I couldn't believe I had just talked my still 4 year old all the way up the 30+ foot wall!

Paige loved Darla's dog, cat, and even their cages. Kate wasn't nearly as scared as she had been of Grandma Brown's dogs, and Bradley seemed to be allergic to them. Darn, guess we won't be able to get any pets ;).f

Living it Up

Rick got to take Cheri's bike for a ride.

While the kids entertained themselves on their own sweet ride.

A trip to campus to relive our glory years was not complete without a stop at the Courgareat. As well as the creamery, the bookstore, and a drive by the basball fields and our old apartment complexes.

We hiked up to see Bridal Veil Falls with the Holmes and Grandma Brown.

Holmes and Wenger cousins

Utah Bound

From the Oregon Coast we headed to Utah for a week with Rick's family. On the way to Provo we stopped at Temple Square for the evening. We discovered the Church History Museam. We all loved it. The kids played upstairs at the "I am a Child of God" exhibit, and Rick could have spent an entire day downstairs looking at church history artifacts. There weren't many other visitors so we enjoyed a lot of attention from the volunteers there.

We also got to see a new replica of the Salt Lake City Temple that shows inside all of the many rooms.

We took a walk on the 'straight and narrow path.'