Oregon

4th of July Fun,

Spending time with cousins,

Hotel Room Playing,

Berry Picking,

Diner Dinning,

Jet Boat Riding,

River Rafting, 

Eagle Spotting, 

Rogue River Swimming,

Jacksonville Wandering,

Ice Cream Eating,

Best vacation our family has had in a LONG time!

 

 Ava and Ella

 While we were berry picking, Sami said that this was the "best day ever!" She ate more raspberry's then she put in her bucket!

 The boys told our boat driver that the wetter I got the more Matt will tip! Needless to say, we were all soaked by the end of the trip!

 

 Ava loved to swim in the river. Every time the river had a slow spot, she jumped in and floated around! We had a great time on the river. We had the kids captive for 7 hours! The river was beautiful, peaceful and exciting all at the same time. The kids LOVED the rapids and wished for more. Next time we need to find a river with a little more action!

We debated on going on this vacation or not. The office was a little slow and we were questioning whether we should spend the money or not. We decided to go, and I am so glad that we did. We were able to spend 5 days in a beautiful place and we really enjoyed our family time.

Currant Creek

The Skidmore family went to Currant Creek Utah this summer for a family reunion. We had a great time camping, fishing and visiting. Matt and I and our kids were in the old, rickety house trailer of my grandma and grandpas. This trailer has been around since I was a wee child. Some of the windows were broken so by the time that we got to the camp site, everything had a thick coating of dust on it. Even in  a 30+ year old trailer, we had a great time. We had conversations about the scriptures that we read, laughed about the fun things that happened that day, and enjoyed being together in close quarters. 

Jared was able to borrow a canoe and a couple of paddle boards. They were a huge hit! The boys were out most of the day on them catching fish. I love being in nature. It brings me peace. There are very few distractions and there is nothing but time to spend with those you love. 

 In true Easton form, his shoes were wet within five minutes. He took to wearing mud boots for the remainder of the trip!

 Tyler killing a potgut with Easton's bow. The boys tried the rest of the week to following suit!

 Traipsing through the creek looking and panning for gold!

 Water fight in the meadow

 Austin and Grandpa

Battle Creek Falls

My brother Jared is what you would call the "outdoorsy" type. The kids are finally getting to an age that he can actually enjoy doing stuff with them. So we decided to take them on a short hike in PG to some waterfalls. The kids had a great time and loved cooling off in the freezing cold water! Jared was great with them and a fun time was had by all.

 Cooper

Trying to teach the kids how to skip rocks