Life at Lake Cavanaugh

We are thoroughly enjoying ourselves!!  Although, I only have my Iphone pictures to prove it....I forgot both cameras and am so bummed :o(.  Had a little bit of rain (monsoon type rain) the first week, but other than that it has been overcast with light drizzle or sunny :o).  We didn't do much the first week which was really good for everyone to get adjusted.  K had a few issues, but we are doing much better now (transitions are a bit tougher for him).
I took Ainsley to Dimensions of Gymnastics the first week, where I used to go, and sure enough coach Michelle was still there, along with her sister Toni!  They still look the same...I guess that is a youthful profession :).  Ainsley learned her cartwheel on the high beam in about 20 minutes (she has been working on it for 7 months!) and told me on the way home that she wished that could be her gym.  At least we get to enjoy it for a month.

The Rinehardt's came up on the weekend and we took advantage of the free strawberry picking.  We initially went to field 3 and the strawberries were beautiful and abundant, but we were the only ones there, besides what looked like an organized group pretty far away.  It felt like we were in the wrong place, but there was another person we chatted with and we decided to go for it.  About 5 minutes later we were busted and told the free field was number 2.  So, we headed over there and found a much picked over field with lots of moldy berries :o(.  We were able to get a bunch, but they barely made it home, so we mashed them for waffle and strawberry shortcake topping and jam.  It was an experience....a very muddy one at that!

We left bright and early on Monday to visit a college friend in Port Angeles.  The kids enjoyed the ferry and loved hanging out with her kids.  Reggie was very impressed with their toy collection (tons of lego sets) and they just played and played for a day and a half.  K learned to play the WII which he was very excited about and now wants a game for his birthday.  It gave Ann and I lots of time to catch up and look at old pictures and remember the good old days and talk about all the craziness life has brought us.  We will have to make it more regular thing :o).
On our way back, we stopped in Sequim at the Olympic Game Park.  I had read about this several years ago and wanted to make the trip, but then we moved and it didn't really make sense.  Since it was right on the way, we had to stop and it was a riot!!!  We all had so much fun and ended up going through it twice.  It will be one of those events that the kids never forget :o).   Here's a few pictures and videos:

Funny video of the buffalo chasing us down!