Thomas and I

Thomas and I have been having some adventures. Unfortunately, I broke my camera and so am limited in the number of photos I have been able to take. The camera will be fixed in a couple of weeks, but it sure slows us down. We went to Merlin, Oregon for a couple of days a week ago and I didn't take a single photo because I forgot to bring the old camera with me. We had a good time, though. We rented a little yurt (so no putting up a tent when we arrived at 1:30am - yay!) and stayed there for a couple of nights. The first day we hung out - the campground was on the Rogue River - so beautiful - and swam in the river, ate our meals at this cute little restaurant in town, and played at a playground. Mellow and fun and such beautiful sights and smells...we will definitely be going back there very soon. The second day we checked out of our yurt and headed to Grant's Pass where we signed up for a jetboat tour - wow, that was totally fun! We had such a good time with it. Thomas was pretty unhappy at first about all the getting wet, but it was such a hot and sunny day that it really felt good and eventually he was okay with it.

After the jetboat ride, we went to the Oregon Vortex, or mystery spot, or whatever it's called. It was pretty interesting but a lot of talking. I was surprised that Thomas sat through it as well as he did...even I thought it was a bit long. Could have seen all there was to see in about half the time, honestly.

After that, we went to this family fun center where Thomas got to ride the bumper boats and the kiddie go carts. After that he went into the arcade and I let him play some games for a while.

It was a fun day and a full day. After the family fun center we were supposed to drive to Redding and stay in a hotel for the night, but it was so late that I decided to bomb home instead so we could sleep in our own beds.

The next day was Thomas's cousins Leo and Leilani's birthday party. He seemed to have a good time and got to see his cousins and second cousins and played a lot. When we got home from the party, his nana was waiting for him at our house and he went to Monterey for the county fair. Thomas has definitely had an extremely busy and fun-filled summer, that's for sure.

On Tuesday we went to the zoo. When we were there, he asked me to take a picture of him. I explained about the broken camera and he looked at me and said, "but you have your phone". UGH!! I didn't take a single pic in Oregon because of no camera and after we are home my five year old reminds me that I had a camera on my phone the whole time! Ugh, ugh and double ugh.

The pic up top is from the zoo...

On Friday, we were supposed to go to Fairyland with T's cousins, but my sis in law was having foot problems so T and I went to Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo by ourselves. Enjoyed the dolphin and sea lion show, even it if it isn't very P.C. Also got to ride some good rides, I finally got Thomas to enjoy the log ride - yay!

And now Thomas and Emmett are on a father and son camping trip at Union Lake - I think that's what it's called - and then kindergarten starts on Monday. No rest for the wicked or the weary. Hahaha

Love,

Melissa