Fishing at Crater Lake

This is our amazing fishing spot at Crater Lake!




We have to climb about half a mile through these rocks to get there.

It's a lot of fun though because there are all sorts of different shapes and sizes of rocks.

Once we are to our spot we are completely isolated from everything and everyone.

The views are breath taking!

This is Wizard Island. We have yet to take the boat ride out to it. We keep saying we are going to do it every year, but we never get around to it.

Being so secluded causes Daniel and Isaiah to feel free to roam around in whatever attire.

(I won't show you a picture of Daniel in his wardrobe of choice:)

Daniel never comes off this rock.

Which is a good thing because he catches all our fish!

He caught three this year (One is not pictured. He caught it on a different day).

After the fish stopped biting we started catching crawdads.

We took them back to camp and boiled them up. I couldn't watch the killing, but they were actually pretty tasty.

Isaiah was such a good sport. It's a very long walk down to the lake. We got there usually around 10am and didn't leave until 4pm. That's a long day in the sun. The walk back up was the hardest for him. It's about a mile straight up. Daniel was nice enough to let him ride on his shoulders part of the way, while carrying all the fishing gear, and the two fish that he caught. He wouldn't let me help him with anything. We had such a fun time!

Crater Lake Trip

We love Crater Lake! We just got back from our camping trip to Crater Lake. We had so much fun. Isaiah was so excited when he finally saw the Lake. I wish I could have caught that excitement on video. Isn't the view just gorgeous? There was a forest fire about fifteen miles away from the lake. That's the reason for the foggy looking picture. You could smell the smoke from our campsite.

This was our first time going camping without the luxury of our truck. Daniel always thinks I pack too much and weeks before the trip he kept reminding me that we wouldn't have as much room in our car so I couldn't bring as much. I decided to let him pack this year which was hard for me because I like my luxuries while camping. He actually did a pretty good job.

Isaiah was trying really hard to help unload once we got there so we could go explore.
It is really nice during the days, but the nights get super cold. We had hot chocolate and a fire to keep warm. The first morning we woke up, Isaiah and I were useless because we were frozen to the bone. Thank goodness for Daniel. Every morning I woke up he had a fire, hot chocolate, and breakfast all ready for us. He is the ultimate camping cook!

Every time Isaiah is all bundled up, it always reminds me of Kenny from South Park:)

One of Daniel's famous faces.

We had such of fun time. I will have more pictures of the Lake and fishing next time.

Daniel's 32!

I can't believe Daniel is 32! We had a fun birthday party for him. His friend Kirk came over for dinner and then a few of the neighbor kids came in to sing happy birthday and eat cake.

This how Daniel really felt about his party

This is how he smiled after he got "the look" from me. Much better don't you think?

Isaiah and Kirk's dog

Daniel and Kirk

Evening Golf Outings

This summer has been a lot of fun. One of the greatest things about it is Isaiah's age. I know that sounds wierd, but it is really nice to be able to go and do things together as a family that we all enjoy, and that we all can do. Daniel started golfing every Thursday with his boss. I was feeling a little left out so we got a babysitter and went a couple times together. The problem was we wanted to go every week and it's hard to find a babysitter and it gets expensive. So we decided to take Isaiah with us and see how that worked out. It was great! Isaiah had a really good time and he walked all nine holes with us and never complained. We took him three times and he got better each time. He has his own ball and his own tee and he just loves it! It was so cute to watch Daniel teaching Isaiah how to line up his putt. I had to teach Isaiah that when other people are getting ready to hit, he has to be quiet. Isaiah is still working on both of those.

Those of you who know Daniel know he is not too fond of the camera. If you look closely you can still see the ball is still on the tee. This is not his usual form either.

It was pretty funny at times to watch Isaiah put his tee in. He had a hard time putting it in straight so his ball would roll off the tee several times before he could steady it.

He left quite a few divots along the way.

Daniel let Isaiah use his left handed club, yet Isaiah is standing on the wrong side. I don't remember how this shot worked out???

It was a practice swing I promise:)

It was a beautiful evening. We even saw a rabbit on the fifth hole. We came upon it as we were looking for my ball in the bushes.

Although we had a great time, I have to say this is my worst score ever!

Dual Immersion

Isaiah is in the Dual Immersion Kindergarten class this year. Half the day is taught in Spanish and half the day is taught in English. His school is very highly populated with Mexicans. There are about 6 white kids in his class and the rest are Mexicans and then there's Isaiah.:) The best part of his school is whenever there is a parent meeting to attend they always serve dinner. For Daniel it's like being in Mexico. He loves it. Actually now that I think of it that is probably the main reason why he goes. Last time they served homemade Tamales that were amazing. Tonight they served Tacos with a whole bunch of yummy fixins' that were sooo good. Daniel and I went back for thirds!

Isaiah's Style

I promised myself, and Isaiah, I would only force him to wear what I wanted him to wear the first day of school and on picture day. Today he picked out his own outfit. I have to admit I like his whole style of "not matching." I mean it is the new style right? I still think he looks so cute and I was always a little "different" when it came to style myself. I must say the Superman socks make the outfit.

He was so mad at me for taking a picture of him at school:)

Isaiah's 6th Birthday Party

Isaiah had his 6th birthday party last Saturday. We were in town for my two nephews baptism so we decided to throw him his bash while we were there. Here are a few pics of his guests, and some of the fun they had. I put the names and ages of the kids because that's the kind of stuff I always like to know. When the wife's name is first it's one of my sisters. I thought Daniel would think that was funny:)

Jeffers 2 - Lindsey and Adam Ordyna's

I think he looks like me as a toddler. Now that they cut all his curls off you can't see it as much.

Dallin 3 - Michele and Rich Preim's

Jarem 3 - Debora and Hodge Kerr

These two are inseparable. Jarem lives in Bend and Dallin lives in Beaverton so they get very excited when the family gets together.

Natalie 2

Natalie is the cutest little girl. I think she had a thing for Max:)

Her parents Jed and Crystal Foutz


These are some of our friends that used to live in Corvallis but moved to Hillsboro. They are awesome friends. As you can barely see they are expecting their second child soon!
Gilbert, Nicole, Sam 4, and Max 2

Max's cheeze is classic! I love how red Sam's face gets when he plays. He puts a lot of energy into it!

Emma 4 - Again Lindsey and Adams

This girls a brute but...believe it or not she quite soccer because a girl pushed her.

Lindsey and Adam, parents of four of the 19 kids there that night.

Stephan 6 - Debora and Hodge Kerrs

Isaiah loves Stephan to death and was so glad he could come all the way from Bend just for his birthday part:) His older brother Justin was baptised that day with his best buddy, cousin Tanner.

Boys playing wall ball

Boys playing soccer

Daniel using a new technique to get a rebound.
The squatting move.

Max taking a break with his hand on his hip