Well well well we have had a busy past couple of weeks! Our vacation season started with our first "family" camping trip. Eric's grandpa took us into the woods- no state park campgrounds here! We made a litte hike in and camped up at Round Lake near Detroit Oregon. Eli had a blast, and did so much better than I could have imagined. Eric of course was in heaven, and I was...well... pregnant and in the woods. Uncomfortable big hot body having to find a place to squat every hour. The first night I didn't sleep at all, but by the second night I slept most of the time. I really didn't think I would have a hard time, since I have camped my whole life- but I have never camped pregnant, that is the key element! We all had a great time though with wonderful food and even better company!
2 days later we headed to Stayton Oregon for the MS Bike tour. My family and friends from church have riden in this ride for over 10 years now and Eric has always wanted to do it. He and my dad trained alittle this spring and summer, and Eric was shooting for 150 miles. We did forget to factor in that the day before the ride Eric had major oral surgery to repair an implant in his mouth. He was told not to do anything strenuous for a week. yeah right. So Eric, swollen faced and on major pain meds got up Saturday morning in 97 degrees and rode half of his goal and completed the 50 mile course. I was shocked! There was a 30 mile course that I thought he would do, but he had to go beyond. Then Sunday I though for sure he wouldn't ride, he was in so much pain, but he got up Sunday at 7am and ride the 35 course and finished the tour. Good job Eric!
After the MS ride we drove on to camping in Sunriver area for 4 days. It was a wonderful relaxing camping trip with toilets :) Eli's 2nd birthday was yesterday on August 6th and we celebrated alittle with him, taking him to the Deschutes Brewery in Bend - exactly what he wanted ;) Actually we asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said with a smile- wanna have fun! That was precious, then he started singing his new " I wanna motorcycle" song and dance. I'll have some pics soon of all the events. For now some of us at the Portland Rose gardens a couple weeks ago.
2 comments:
You're looking too cute melea! And I love the pics of Eli. We're going camping a few weeks from now and I'm hoping that Addie's able to sleep some while we're there. I think we're going to be there for mikey's reception; so i'll probably see you next weekend.
Hmmm, are those my gardening gloves? You have to explain this fetish your child has, for anyone that doesn't know about it yet! Too Funny!
Love, Grandma Linda
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