Trip to Washington

Some pics from our 15 hour road trip to Walla Walla, Washington.  We made it there in one day on the way up. The boys were unbelievably well behaved for how long we traveled.  It was a beautiful drive.

Inactive volcanoes along the way.

Weed, California.  Not much to it.

We found snow along the way.

Snowball fight.

AJ at luncheon following Grandma Bernice's service.

The Five Swanson brothers. Handsome!  It was so nice to have them all in one place.

 

 Brothers and their wives.

Driving back.  Rest area somewhere in Oregon.  

 It was SO cold.  This is frost, not snow.  They had thick icy, fog.  Brrr.

 Mt. Shasta.  Just beautiful!

Found an old train at one our stops.

Water Park in January!

63 degrees in January.  Awesome!  The boys had fun at the park.  AJ got to wear his shorts, which he tries to wear everyday.  He doesn't care if it's cold, and boy has it been cold here.  I know, I know... we don't have anything to complain about in California.  Here's to more sunny and warm Winter days.

Mama's gotta slide too.

I had absolutely NO intention of letting them get in the water.  I about died laughing when we pulled up to the park and AJ said "Oh, the water park!  Just what we needed on a hot day like this!"  HAHA.  I was happy to see the water was actually off.  We were there for about an hour, when the water suddenly came on.  Of course, it was like a magnet for the boys.  I told them to look and don't touch.  HA!  Yeah, right!

Soon it was this!

Completely soaked.

Fun at the Park

This is the park we go to the most.  It's just a couple blocks away from our house.

AJ rockin' the camouflage.

Lil Naters. He looks upset here.  This one has a temper.

That tongue!  It never stops.

This frog has gotten a lot of mileage from these boys.

AJ "driving" the picnic table.

Look how quickly he got dirty.

Lashes for days.

 

Playing with the new camera

Testing out the new DSLR.  Woot!  It's hard to get subjects who hold still.

Roasting marshmallows that night.  

Yes, you saw that right.  Nate couldn't wait for toasted marshmallows.  Right out of the bag.

Yum.  Yum.

Umm, you got a little something on your lip.

 

Yep, still there.

Playing on the playground.

Refusing to smile.

Just climbed up the rope ladder.

Photo courtesy of AJ who was dying to take a picture.

Photo courtesy of Nate, who then decided he was also dying to take a picture.