Bruneau Trip Part Five: Sunday

Just a few random pictures from Sunday. In the afternoon we went swimming in the lake. But again, 10 swimmers equals no cameras.
Seth enjoying his mustard. (he is my nephew!) Both have the same serious face on. It's like they're related.

Sleeping Henry. Both boys did so good sleeping in new environments.

While Abigail and Lucas pose for a picture, Henry is trying to eat pepperoni.

Seth and Zachary sporting the new shirts they made. Suzi brought T-shirts for all the kids and fabric markers for them. Owen really liked coloring his!

"show me your teeth!"

"Show my your funny face!"

Bruneau Trip Part Four: The Dune

Sunday morning started with a nice breakfast. A little stretch.

For both boys...

Then a trip to the dunes. Lucas stayed back at the cabin with a sleepy Henry. I took Owen and went to the "smaller" of the two dunes. As soon as we unloaded the car, the two older kids took off running.

Nathanael and Seth soon followed.

Owen, Beatrix, Suzi and myself stayed back for a bit to play in the sand. (High on the top of the dune are some Ryersons) Funny moment of the day: Beatrix filled her shoe with sand, then "drank" from the shoe. (she must have a thing for sand).

I think Owen could just play in the sand for a long time. Fill the bucket, dump the bucket, fill the bucket, dump the bucket.

After a while, The four of us started up the dune too. Luckily, Nathanael ran down to grab Beatrix, and then again for Owen. It's pretty steep at the end. But worth the view.

Self-Portrait.

I carried/slid Owen most of the way down, then let him run the final stretch.

Back again at the bottom to play in the sand. Now, joined by Seth.

Owen doesn't quite have the stamina as the older kids, so he tired out after an hour. So, we went back to camp as Suzi set off again with the younger two to join up with the rest of her family.

Bruneau Trip Part Three: Saturday

Saturday morning we drove to Bruneau Dunes. It's about an hour and a half from Suzi's place. We arrived before we could check into the cabins, so we started with a nice picnic and then a splash in the water.
Lucas and Henry. Henry decided he wanted to try eating with his new tooth... it's really sharp.

Lucas and the boys. I like that it looks like Owen and Henry are telling a secret. (Suzi and Beatrix are in the upper right corner)

Zachary and Seth could both make Henry SMILE!

Happy boy.

Abigail and her tumbleweed umbrella.

Owen playing in some sand.

After the picnic we went to the lake to have a splash (aka soaking). When we went back later in the day, and again on Sunday, all ten of us were in the water, so no pictures. But, Henry loved being in the water... which was impressive since he hated bathes for so long. Owen loved the water too... especially when floating with Lucas.

Owen, Seth and Beatrix playing in the sand.

I LOVE this picture! Beatrix thought she should eat the sand...

I spy four Ryerson's and three Friedler's.

75% of us.

The other 25% slept through the fun.

Lucas and Henry chillin' in the cabin after the afternoon swim. Henry is wearing Seth's T-Shirt.

Cute quote of the day: I was playing in the sand with Seth. He was curious why the sand we were playing with was so black, and was concerned that the sand castle we were building was going to be black. When I asked what color sand castles should be, he thought about it and said, "sand castles are pink".

Bruneau Trip Part Two: Meridian

We got to the Ryerson's house mid-afternoon. Plenty of time to play and stretch before dinner. The kids were very excited to show me their new bunk beds. First the boys room. Next the girls room.

Question: With so many kids, how do you get them looking all in the same direction?

Answer: turn on a cartoon.

Owen found a "dinosaur hat" that he enjoyed wearing.

And a whistle. And a pantry FULL of food!

Family dinner.

All the kids played so nicely together. They were all so good at sharing their toys with Owen, and keeping Henry entertained!

Bruneau Trip Part One: The Drive

Last night we got back from our first family camping trip. We went to Bruneau Dunes State Park, in Idaho, with my sister and family. Overall, six kids and four adults. We had a great time! We "cheated" just a little and stayed in cabins, but it was worth it! I have a lot of pictures, so here we go: part one, the drive.

We woke up very early Friday morning to drive out. The boys all did great (Lucas included). It was our first long road trip with both boys... they amazed us! Here's just a picture of the road and sky. It was a pretty drive. We stopped in Pendleton for a much needed stretch and food break. We found a park right by the Pendleton Round-up stadium. Owen was more interested in drinking water than stopping for a photo.

Sweet Henry. He just laughed and slept the entire way there. I don't think he cried more than five minutes the entire drive!

Lucas really wanted to fly to Boise. I insisted on driving. So, Lucas and Owen took a moment to pretend they were flying. My two airplanes!

There were just a few playground toys at the park. Owen found the horse and was quite happy.

When we were back on the road, we heard Owen laughing, and laughing. Lucas looked back and he had grabbed this small cooler.

He thought he was so funny! Then he passed out...

We made excellent time to Boise.