David’s mom joined us for almost two months to recover from shoulder replacement surgery. Davis stayed home while I took the boys to Mt. Hermon, then up to Lake Chelan for our annual family gathering.
We drove to Bend, OR. and spent the night at McMenamin’s Old Francis School. We have stayed here a few times, and they recently acquired and remodeled a few houses behind them. These houses has secret rooms you can go to, including a secret bar! We found all the rooms (look for the blue lights). These two photos show the wall with artwork that is actually the door to the secret room. The second photo is the interior of this secret room.
Stopped for breakfast in a little town called Grass Valley, OR. Blink, and you will miss it.
I dropped the boys off at Uncle Devin’s house for a fun weekend. We all got to meet his lovely girlfriend, Amy. They spent the weekend riding ATV’s, target practice, watching a small town parade, and eating elk tacos and bear sausage.
Meanwhile, I drove up to Leavenworth and stayed in a sweet mother in law studio, right on the river. This is a view from the lawn…
My awesome gal pal joined me for a night. She arrived early Saturday morning and we walked through downtown Leavenworth. They have a bunch of wine tasting rooms open and we did our share of eating and drinking through the town. This is a view from our dining table at Yodelin, where we went for lunch. They made a delicious vegetarian bahn mi sandwich with sweet potatoes. Yum!!
Other restaurants we went to were:
South – a fabulous Latin American restaurant.
Sulla Vita – Mediterranean dishes to share.
Pavz Cafe Bistro – Yummy breakfast
Monday, I picked up the boys and went to Chelan. We spent the night at my aunt and uncle’s house. Tuesday, the whole family gathered (minus Katy and her family due to strep, and cousin Brett.) We went to cousin Jenna’s house for a BBQ, then drove to Orondo, where we were sharing a house with Devin, Amy, the girls and their boyfriends.
4th of July! This year we did a patriotic theme…
We all got a kick out of my aunt jumping in fully dressed!!
