Vacation Sunday

I forgot to mention that this vacation was a complete surprise to the kids. We told them that we were going to drive to Portland for the weekend and that they were going to take Monday off. I had them frantically finishing homework on Friday night in preparation for what they thought was one day off from school. August was not too happy about the extra work load that day.
On Saturday we woke up and packed ourselves into the car. The kids were none the wiser. Andrew came along and we just passed it off that he was coming to Portland with us. As we were heading towards the airport Trey started telling Andrew about how being a parent is a lot of fun and that sometime you can play tricks on your kids. Like the time I told August that the bees and ants had an alliance and when a kid stepped on an ant the bees would come sting the kid. August believed it for a long time.
Trey then said something about how funny it would be if we weren't really going to Portland and were going to Disney instead. Hazel screamed and August said, "No, that wouldn't be funny because it wouldn't be true." I had to convince them by showing them all the secret texts between me and their Aunt Amy.
Needless to say, August didn't complain when we got on the plane and I pulled out his real stack of homework for the week. I've never seen this boy cruise through math so fast!

On Sunday we were still at Scott and Amy's house. The weather was perfect for a hike and after striking out on the first location (closed due to fire damage), we found this cool place.
The kids jumped from rock to rock, crossed a river and found walking sticks and even discovered some tad poll eggs.
And their Uncle Scott tried to splash them all by throwing huge rocks into the river.
A good time was had by everyone.