Twin Lakes 2011

We started our 8 hour drive to Twin Lakes at 4am.  We were amazed at how well Willow did traveling for so long.....knowing her and how things often go  :)

Journey and Ava (4) loving the short ferry ride across the Columbia River.  Almost there!

Bill and Diana brought Luke along to play with Aspen.   They had a blast.  It is truly boy's paradise here.  Fishing, fires, catching bugs and crawdads, bike riding, fireworks (with the guys) and lots of freedom.

Aspen is really developing a love of fishing....and making his Dad very proud!  He has even learned to like fish tacos.  A true miracle indeed, lol!

The little girls - Zoe 19 months and Willow 21 months - learning to navigate the very steep spiral stairs in the house.  As long as they went one at a time, there were no major accidents.

We had a mix of weather.  Everything from rainy, to cloudy to sunny and warm.

Ryan and Zoe on the ski biscuit.  She was the only one brave enough to try!

After the boat ride, the kids did a little swimming.

 WOW, it's cold!  Not that that deterred them....

Mark and Willow on her first canoe ride.

Typical mornings - doing a little coloring or watching a show while waiting for breakfast.

Even I was able to do a little biking with everyone.  

Off to the candy store with two excited girls in tow... Almost a daily thing :)

Showing off her candy - a definite highlight for the kids of the trip  :)

 On the days that weren't so nice, the boys entertained themselves with making fires and lighting off fireworks.  Here Mark talked Aspen and Luke into dying their hair with the smoke bombs.  The guys just couldn't help themselves with the Indian reservation fireworks a 10 minute drive away.  There were A LOT of fireworks lit off during our stay!  Poor Willow either was super sensitive to the sound, or got some fire crackers thrown at her.  Either way, she really hated them by the end of the trip!

 We couldn't get the kids to try the ski biscuit, but they all loved this thing  :)
It was a blast watching them all have so much fun on it.

Aspen really loved going with the guys "hard core". 

Snuggling with my girls while watching the boys on the tube.

The boys haul on the last day.  They brought them all in by themselves.  Aspen would often take his fishing pole and cast off the docks in the afternoon.  He caught quite a few fish that way, and was so proud of himself  :)