de.ter.mined

–adjective 
 1. resolute; staunch

Denali crashed into Miners bike, but he rode it like this anyways....for days

guest continued

 this is lake of the woods. it was still mostly frozen in the middle. 

but the boys got to throw rocks and that is the important part.

mt. mcloughlin

enough said

bowling, good times had by all.

p.s. miner beat everyone

and the scariest park ever made.

sharp metal edges, gaps where kids or their body parts could fall through, 

and best of all lost of meth heads trolling around

 awesome

 marlo's visit also included a trip to see eden farm. a sweet little place 

where your childhood dreams of "horses everyday" come true.

Ben already posted about his birthday and our trip to crater lake. 

and that concludes our visit from marlo.

 thanks for coming to see us

we love you!!

guest

–noun

a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.

We went to the Oregon caves and on the way stopped at "it's a burl" the funnest funkiest little wood working place. they have tables, chairs, tree houses and everything in between.

Then Marlo watched the little ones and me, ben, and nali got to go see the caves. SUPER COOL!!!

then we drove around and found this cool reservoir, where the boys threw rocks to his hearts content 
and that is just the first day's adventures

mile.stone

noun-
a significant event or stage in the life, progress, development, or the like of a person

VANDALISM

 some neighborhood kids came over and wanted to make a fort with some boxes on the side of the house. i said it was fine. but then they left and i went outside to see what they made. i saw they had written on the house with PERMANENT marker.

awesome.

the little kid who did the writing said "your son said you said it was ok"

awesome.

the fort, when they were all done

AND... DENALI LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH!!

oh the milestones in a young mans life.

ma·jes·tic

-adj  1. having or displaying majesty or great dignity; grand; lofty

Ben ditched work on his birthday and so a road trip was definitely called for. First stop was...

 ...Crater Lake National Park. Pictures can never do it justice.

Roen eating snow and Miner pondering life's purpose or pooping.

 

Marlo feeding birds. They were grabbing it from her hands. Also shows how tall the snow banks were.

  We took the long way back and stopped in Klamath Falls the boys threw rocks in the river.

Bo showing his grand rock that he is about to throw in the river.

 Miner's rock for the throwing party.

 Let the games begin. The rock throwing contest was into the beautiful Klamath River.

 Mt. McLoughlin with Willow lake in the foreground. The peak is just shy of 10000 and on a clear day reigns over the Rogue Valley.

Minerboy and Ben walking the dock of Lake of the Woods. Still mostly frozen.

eas.ter

–noun 
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ

the easter bunny visited our house and left eggs for the kids to collect and a basket full of easter goodies.

We love our Savior Jesus Christ and are so grateful for his triumphant resurrection.