Summer Camping

For the past 7 years we and/or Lucas have been attending my brother in law Mark's family reunion in Central Oregon. It started years ago when their son Jackson was the only little kid there and it would be fun for him to have someone to play with. So the tradition began. There is now quite a gaggle of kids and babies but they still let us come and play. And some years my sister has been kind enough to just take Lucas while we painted our house or went galavanting off with friends at Sunriver. This year we all went and despite the heat had a wonderful time with Mark's wonderful family on the banks of the Metolius River.


The hammock is a favorite place to hang out, relax, read, nap and listen to the water.

One afternoon was filled with water games, a trip to the lake and of course a water balloon fight.

Every Saturday morning they have the annual Gunson Fun Run, a 1.3 mile run to the store and back. Lucas and Jackson ran it this year and actually didn't even come in last. Lots of people in the family are training for the Hood To Coast run in Oregon at the end of this month. Aaron has been training hard and hopefully will be ready for the 200 mile relay race in 3 weeks. There's sure to be a blog about the whole experience.

Gotta love breakfast while camping...

Actually the eating during the family reunion is the BEST eating you have ever had while camping. From homemade onion rings and grilled salmon to hand picked Oregon berries and avacoda chicken salad. Breakfast every morning consisted of blueberry or gingerbread pancakes, 20 lbs of bacon, sausage, hashbrowns and bisuits with homemade strawberry jam. Aaron helped one morning and cooked up 5 dozen eggs. Good eatin'.



This was Jonah's first camping trip and he did fabulously. Luckily there was an RV with air conditioning so during the hottest time of the afternoon we were able to go in and cool down a little. Plus the ice we put in his formula didn't hurt.
The first night JB woke up some time around 2am and decided just to be awake, happy but talking and cooing to himself for over an hour. Finally I grabbed him to change his diaper and realized he was a human popsicle! A completely happy frozen baby who wouldn't sleep because he couldn't feel his toes. So we wrapped him tight, snuggled him up with Aaron in his sleeping bag and the babe was out. The next 2 nights we layered him up real good and we didn't hear a peep.


Friday night is Bingo night with $12 jackpots, "special" hot chocolate and table side food service. I vow to walk away with some money one of these years!


Thanks to the Gunson family who have always been so welcoming and let us join their wonderfully relaxing weekend. We love it!