Sunriver getaway

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I absolutely love our trips to Sunriver, Oregon. We made the trip over with our family of four and our little children slept the whole way there. It was very sunny and warm the first day, and cold and snowing the second, and then warm again the last day. We went for a few walks around the neighborhood.
 Played in the hot tub. Calvin loved it and wanted to just lay on his back and float around the entire time. Shelby was mostly just bossy and wanted Caleb to throw her around.

 We fed the ducks. Shelby got a goose to eat some of Calvin's crackers.
 There were about 45 elk destroying the golf course. Caleb and Shelby got pretty close to them. Shelby started to cry when we left. She kept asking to see the elk again. It wasn't until we saw a patch of snow that she could play in that she forgot about the elk.
 Playing at the park. The kids still love the swings the most out of all the toys. Calvin was really tired and tried falling asleep in the swing.
 We took a really long way home. Lots of stops to go off-road. It took us about 5 hours to get home because we kept taking the Caleb-detour.
By the time we got home, we spent about 5 hours in the Jeep driving. We were all exhausted and glad to be home. It's so fun to go on family vacations with our little bunch. The kids slept great and had a great time exploring the new area.
Calvin decided he needed to learn how to crawl while we were there. He's not actually crawling yet, but he's pretty close. He gets up on his hands and feet into a downward dog position. Pretty strong for such a little guy. He's learned how to go from his stomach to sitting back up again too. I'm so glad he's learning so much so quickly. I am not ready to have another mobile kid, but I won't complain. He's also getting his top two teeth at the same time. So he chewed everything and drooled everywhere this weekend. He started to squeal and talk a lot over the past week too. He gets really excited when he sees Shelby, but mostly when he sees food. That boy loves to eat!
Shelby has been talking a lot and mostly bossing us around. She wants to tell everyone what to do and where to go. The kids she plays with at daycare love to play with her and I think she's used to getting her way. We just laugh at her and she keeps insisting we do what she wants. She was so funny that we were dying laughing most of the trip.

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Jenn Mize said…
What a fun trip for you guys. :) We need to get Shelby and Tucker together to play. He's going to have to get used to playing witha girl. :)
April 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM
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