Jackson Meadows Camping Trip

Owen's first camping trip was so much fun. The Rist family welcomed us to their annual family camping trip at Jackson Meadows Reservoir, North West of Truckee. Every day we woke up early to enjoy the fresh mountain air - ok, actually Owen woke us up and dragged us out of bed before the rest of camp. We took Owen's red wagon, and did lots of laps around camp and down to the lake. The lake was really "not that bad," and not as cold as expected, which was a good thing since it was our only shower. Owen loved splashing in the shallow water and watching the dogs swim out to fetch sticks. Owen was the good luck charm when we were fishing - he caught two fish on his first time out. Pene and Jax had a great time too; they loved hiking and swimming and playing with all the other dogs.



So I read somewhere that dirt and smoke are great for bug repellent, and I figured we might as well let Owen get as dirty as possible. It was pretty funny when he rubbed his eyes with fistfuls of dirt and made big brown eye patches. The kid was pretty filthy the whole week. We kept him in pants and socks and shoes since he was crawling everywhere and just changed his outfit when he got too dirty or muddy to pick up. He was pretty happy to sit in the dirt and fill cups with rocks or find cool sticks to bang on everything.

Play Hard, Sleep Hard

All this packing for our camping trip made this boy just pass out mid-playtime.

Lick-it, not just for dogs anymore

The boys were picking some of our first tomatoes of the season when Owen decided he would just keep one for himself.



First he carried it around the yard, played with it in the water table. Then he took it to the dog's lick-it and washed it off.


But he soon realized he was thirsty from his busy afternoon and if the dogs could do it they why shouldn't he?!

Mr. Clean

We are getting the tent trailer ready for our trip. Owen you missed a spot.

Water baby

Every toddler should have a water table. Owen plays at his every day. And the dogs like it too.

How things work

Owen is at a stage always trying to figure out how thing work. He watches the dogs drink from their lick-it and then just has to try it himself.

Class of 192000 HS reunion

The class of 192000 (nice typo - class encounters) had an awesome reunion an we were there. We had 4 tables of people enjoying a chicken dinner and grooving to 90s iPod music. Adam and I had a bet about how many would show up, I Won! Only 26 showed for dinner and less than 50 total the whole night but it got close. Just a couple more and Adam would have taken the win. It was a good thing we can make our own fun.