The Bartlett Family: July 2011

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Eagle Crest

What a fun week long vacation in Redmond, OR. We drove into Bend on the 4th of July to see if we could catch the fireworks. We got the closest spot you could possibly get right near the butte where they set the fireworks off. The show was awesome and it was only about a 30 minute drive back to Redmond.

We went swimming almost every day, went on a family bike ride, toured the Lava Caves in Bend and the kids even tried fishing.

There are no pictures of us swimming because all 4 of us were in the pool and wet most of the time. I will tell you the kids had lots of fun doing Cannonballs. Chloe especially loved to shout "cannonball" right before jumping in. And they got lots of practice swimming with their lifejackets on and off. The armstrokes are looking good, now on to side breathing!

Takin' a break on the playground in the middle of our bike ride.

Chloe the Bear, Caleb posing again!

Chloe "roaring" like a bear.

Fishing in Fireman's Pond (Chloe & Papa Mark)

Caleb & Chris.

High Desert Museum

It was very hot the day we went to the High Desert Museum. And the first thing we did was go to a Raptor show that was outside with no seating. The show was about 30 minutes long. Chloe made it about 5 minutes before sitting on the bench near by us that was for elderly people. Caleb, well he didn't even watch the show and kept saying to me "boring". Glad he enjoyed the rest of the animals!

checking out the butterfly that landed nearby, they wanted it in the picture too.

Caleb the "poser", posing in front of a Lynx

Raptor Show

One of the raptors flying close behind us

a little hot outside- can you tell it was affecting Caleb?

Old time games in the town set in the year 1904.

Baby Porcupine

Owl

Bald Eagles

Otter

Feeding the Wildlife

The animals are all very used to people and I think used to people feeding them. We did feed them but only good stuff. :- ) The chipmunk's got Multigrain sunchips and the deer got carrots!

little chipmunks in the High Desert Museum parking lot

Feeding the chipmunks

Deer off our back porch at Eagle Crest- in Redmond, OR

Deer eating carrots right out of their hands.

Lava Caves

We went to check out some of the sites Bend and the surrounding area had to offer while on vacation. Our first stop was the Lava Caves (or tubes).

Me in my Beaver Snuggie, Caleb wearing my coat. (in the caves it is only 40 degrees and the kids didn't bring their coats- so they were wearing ours)

Chris, glad we got the lantern- it produced some heat to keep him warm, as he was the only one without a coat or snuggie!

Inside the cave

Chloe & Chris went almost to the end. (she had to duck down and he was crawling.) They went in about 5000ft. Caleb and I went about 3500ft before he was tired and cold.

Low spots in the cave

Outside the cave

My buddy and me after warming up outside the caves!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Grandma Rosie's 90th Celebration!

What a fun weekend with family from near and far. Camping at Mindy's, swimming and just hanging out with family. (It was to celebrate my Grandma Rosie's 90th birthday, which was in May.)