Alright, well this first photo is not part of the reunion. This is us down at the Farmer's Market right here in Des Moines, WA. We forgot Violet's hat, so Dad improvised.
We drove to Basin City, WA to stay over with Nate's Aunt Krista and family on our way to McCall, Idaho for the reunion. Oliver loved their place! He got to ride four-wheelers, climb up in a big tractor, play with and feed kittens, etc.! Good ol' farm life. We even went to their ward's 24th of July picnic (Pioneer Day).
McCall was very beautiful. We just wished we weren't so exhausted so that we could have enjoyed it a bit more. Oliver loved playing in the lake and even got to go on a paddle boat!
Pros: Seeing Nate's family. They are awesome and we wish we could have had more time with them! They live too far away! :(Beautiful lake and fun times!
Cons: Water that smelled and tasted like blood (too much iron apparently). By day three I had to go buy bottled water and opted out of the shower because I was fighting waves of nausea. I felt like my own reek was better than bathing in blood. (Maybe some vegetarian vampires should move there and drink it up.)
Mosquito bites so big that they swelled up and then left bruises.
Oliver falling out of bed multiples every night and every nap.
The noise! Oh the noise! ...of everyone slamming the doors and talking/yelling in the hallway outside our room. We got very little sleep and most of what we did get was very broken. Oliver was a mess and threw lots of meltdown tantrums and at times cried, "I want go home!" (sob, sob). And we said the same thing and almost cried, too. ;)
