On Wednesday afternoon we went over to the spray park again and then visited Great Grandma at her home. They serve ice cream there on Wednesdays, so we shamelessly take advantage of that. I hope she doesn't mind!
Here's the girls playing in that little $60 investment we got last week. It will pay off big time if the sun would come out again! It comes out one day and the next it is gone.
That is why we decided to go to Leavenworth to camp for the weekend of Kelby's birthday! As soon as we crossed the mountains, there was the sun!
Mike took Friday off so we could venture there in time to get a good spot, but apprently you MUST reserve a spot to get one in our favorite campground. So, we drove back down the canyon to find a spot at the Tumwater campground. It was OK, but not by a cute little creek and a little too near the highway for Michael's liking. However, there was beautiful enchanted area in the woods nearby, so the girls loved it.
I don't have that many pictures because my camera is out of commission. All I have are from my phone!
Funny thing was that we ran into Kelby's best friend's family over there! They were just heading out of town as we got in.
On Saturday we got up and went into town to the ranger station to find a hike we could do as a family. We settled on a long one to a lake, and got all suited up and ready to go. (The girls had earned their hydration backpacks the last time we hiked.) However, when we got to the trailhead...an hour out of the way...we found out that "no dogs are allowed"! We were so bummed. They should have had that information on the pamphlets we picked up.
Oh well, we drove back to Leavenworth and found a shorter, closer hike to take. I found 2 geocaches there though, so that was fun! I'm loving geocaching again because it is so much easier with our new phones.
This trail lead to an old tunnel that used to hold a pipeline. It was cool to see the dark, cool tunnel!
Sunday morning was Kelby's eleventh birthday! We went out for breakfast at Sandy's Waffle Haus. I even found Carmel Cookie Waffles from Billings, MT there. Whoo hoo...my favorite.
I had no idea what to get Kelby this year, so instead we said she could pick her own present in Leavenworth. That made shopping more fun for her! We found a super secret toy store that had all the best stuff. It is only secret because it is downstairs and tricky to find. She picked out some cool magnet stones and, of course, some horses. We also found her a "Scratch and Sketch" book where you scratch off the black color to show the pretty multi-color paper below. She loves that!
Then, in a blink of an eye, it was time to go close down camp and head home. We watched a movie that evening at home and ate some strawberry cheesecake that she wanted. I was feeling a little like a camping birthday was not as much fun...but she seemed to love it.
I made up for it the on Monday by making homemade apple fritters for breakfast and having her friends over for a campout in the backyard sleepover. We watched "Pete's Dragon" and made cool bottles of dragon potion as a craft. After a campfire and smores, we ate some more cheesecake, then the big girls did MadLibs until bedtime.
I feel satisfied with the birthday celebrations now. If the sun would only come out, we could go do something wet! I hope that we can have an easy going rest of the week and find lots of fun summery things to do. We'll be headed to the library for sure because Tegan has already read about 800 minutes already! She'll get some free paperback books for it.
On to the Fourth of July!
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