Bend

Brandon and I had the chance to get away to Bend for a couple of nights in July.  This year we decided to postpone our anniversary trip to summertime just because it seemed like it might be easier for those watching our kids and I think it worked out great.  We split everyone up for the first time and they loved it.  Wyatt stayed with Brian and Amy, Sadie stayed with Andy and Kendra, Cooper stayed with Ryan and Katie, and Hazel and Evie stayed with Grammy.  We are so appreciative to everyone for watching them and for the time away to relax together.

Apparently Wyatt and Payton are quite the gamers.  They played Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, and Soccor quite a bit.  Wyatt also got to go on a bike ride and to the pool!

Silly Kids!

Wyatt, Autumn, and Payton

Sadie had a lot of fun with Kendra and Andy!  She went to a fun pool with Kendy, went miniature golfing, painted her nails, watched The Greatest Showman, and one morning Uncle Andy even brought her a smoothie

Cooper stayed with Ryan and Katie and I was a little nervous for him just because he's younger than Sadie and Wyatt and he's never really been away from them.  So, although I knew he'd have fun I didn't know if he'd have a hard time being by himself.  All that said it made me smile when I got a text the first night saying he'd moved right in.  He asked where he could put his stuff and Auntie Katie sweetly made him a spot in Carter's dresser and he just settled in.  It sounded like Carter loved having a brother for a couple of days and Cooper had a blast too.  He got to swim at Mrs. Anne's pool (Katie's Mom) and went out for ice cream and bought a puzzle with Uncle Ryan and Danny.

As far as our trip, we tried to check out the lava tubes but apparently that's a pretty popular thing to do.  We weren't able to get in but we did find a couple great spots to hike.

We found this fun theater and were able to catch a movie we'd been wanting to see.

We loved our stay at the Riverhouse.  At check-in they asked us to change rooms from a room with a sofa to one without and in exchange they comped our breakfast both mornings which was really nice.  The weather was beautiful and so was the view!

We tried kayaking before we headed home.  It was a bit of a stretch for us but fun none-the-less.