Escaping the Heat and the Great Outdoors!

It is really crazy, but Oregon has been really hot this past week. It was about 100+ or close to 100 for a whole week. We filled up the little baby pool for the boys to play in and they really liked it. We tried to escape the heat by taking the boys on their first camping trip. We found a little campground about an hour and a half away in the Willamette National Forest. It was very beautiful and it was a lot of fun. The first night was not a whole lot of fun for Neil and I because the group next to our campsite all were drunk and were yelling and screaming all night long. Finally the park host had to come and kick them out in the middle of the night. The second day was fun we went down to the river and played in the water. The boys really liked throwing rocks into the water. Anyhow, Ethan experienced his first bee sting which wasn't fun, but other than that We all had a good time. I have not been camping for a long time and I never realized how much work it is. Even though it takes a lot of preparation it was worth it. I would do it every year and hopefully this will become a family tradition every summer. Anyhow Here are some pics of last week and the weekend.