Rachelle's Wedding

We spent a bit of time on the rode this last weekend driving to Merced, Ca. I have a group of from my family down there my sister and two of her kids. Rachelle is my oldest niece. She got married to Ben on Saturday the 21st. They are expecting in July. Rachelle kept telling me that it wasn't going to be that special of a day but it really was.

They got married at a small chapel and then had their reception at the restaurant that Ben works at. Kyler was their ring bearer. I made the Bouquet and Boutonnieres. and of course took pictures about 250 to be exact. I am still processing a bunch of them. So here are 4. I may post more later.

Snowy Saturday

I am sick with a cold but we got some snow here in Grants Pass.
Dan took Kyler out and I stood on the deck for a minute taking pictures, then
I got my booty back in the nice warm house.

Dan actually took this one. I took the rest.

Sunday Safari

On Sunday we went up to Wildlife Safari. I won a year membership at a silent auction at work. A dang good deal I might add. We had lots of fun! For the longest time Kyler was more pleased with the fact that I let him sit up in the front with me than all the animals. But hey its a whole new view from up there. We went around the driving loop, had a Rhea get a little fresh with us. Kyler and I didn't not approve of his freshness and made Dan drive away. The giraffe's were friendly but didn't not try to make it past 1st base so they were Kyler's favorite from the day. After the driving loop we stopped off at the picnic area laid out a blanket and ate some lunch. We did this to be cheap but I must say it was really nice to hang out and eat our PB and J's there. Then we took a walk on one of the hiking trails Kyler starting patting 30 seconds into the walk so we only did a small loop. Then we went to the Safari Village (the free part) and checked out the animals there, watched half of a show and went on our way home.

How I sent my weekend... Part 2

From Klamath Falls we drove to the Lava Beds in Tule Lake, Ca. We spent one night at Indian Well campground. The campground was pretty cramped but we managed to find a good spot away from most everyone. It was Kyler's first night ever camping and he loved the sleeping in a tent thing. This him hanging out at our campsite. That night we went to a ranger talk by Amy about the Wonders of the night sky. I thought she did a great job and kept it very interesting. The skies there have much better visibility because they have little light pollution from towns. I didn't however get to check out the telescope she had set up because Kyler was tired.

The Next Morning we checked out the easy caves that the park has listed. There are an esitmated 400 caves there. We went Mushpot, Inidan Well, Sentinel, Valenitne, Heppe, and Skull Cave. Dan went to Golden Dome Cave without us. Kyler really wasn't into the caves. He was scared by how dark they were. But he was a trooper and got through all the ones I listed.

Here are Kyler and Dan in Valentine Cave.

On the recommendation of this FAQ We bought these hats at the visitor center. They made a fun souvenir but for me it probably saved my head from a serious bump and headache.

Kyler and I sitting on the stairs leading to Skull Cave.

The very first picture and this one were taken at Petroglyph Point with in the park. These carvings were made by the ancient Modoc people when this are was a island in the middle of Tule Lake. They estimate them to be about 5,000 years old.

We had a blast! I was pretty apprehensive but I really enjoyed myself and it was a great little family trip.

How I sent my weekend... Part 1

Saturday we took a drive over to Klamath Falls and went to an Air Show at Kingsley Field. The Thunderbirds were there! This was thier only appearance in Oregon this year so it was a wee bit crowded. They were worth it though. Kyler enjoyed checking out all of the Air Planes on the ground. Here he is in the a Helicopter.

This was called the Heritage flight. Both Dan and thought it was really cool. Its a F-15 Eagle and P-51C Mustang flying together representing the past Air Force and present.

Kyler didn't enjoy the noise from the F-15 Eagle

More Thunderbird Pictures, they were my favorite.

Then we headed over and down to the Lava Beds National Monument in California to camp for the night. I'll have to post these later though because a small child is requesting that I go to bed and I need to bathe before I do.

Family

One massive family (not everyone either.) One Thanksgiving day and one camera priceless. From Left to Right. Michelle (sister), me, Jay(Step Dad) , Sheryl(Ryan's Girlfriend and Kirra's mom), Alex (nephew), Kirra(great Niece), Ryan(nephew), Mike(brother), Maci(Neice), Judi(sister), Dad, Kyler, Mom, Cody(nephew), Danielle(Neice/Little Sister) and Gloria (Aunt). It was the BEST Thanksgiving ever. I am so glad that we all got a long and were together. It feels great that we gave my mom a wonderful day with all her kids.

And here is just us kids and Mom and Dad.

Pictures from the weekend

We had the Shields Family visit this weekend. Dan's sister, her husband and their two girls. (for those who don't know). We went over to the Oregon Caves. Kyler was too little to go in so we hung out outside while the rest of the group went in.

Then we headed down to Cresent City and hung out on the beach a little while. Here Kirsten highlighting a sign we were all about to ignore in a minute.


These are Kyler's little footprints in the sand. Have I mentioned that I love my new camera and I haven't even read the manual yet.
The way cool playground in Cresent City. I wish we had one like this. It had everything.