July 18-22, 2009...A Cameron family trip to Ensign Ranch

No, we do not have sunny skies right now.... ;)
My blog avoidance may be coming to an end....once you see how many pictures this one post contains (that I started composing last OCT....sad, I know), you will see why it has taken me so long to get back to it!

So, here's the run down.....
We rented the lodge at Ensign Ranch in CleElum, WA, with Tom's 2 sisters, their kids, husbands, and my in-laws...hubby came for a couple of days then had to go back to work. We played on the water slide...ALOT!....rode horses, floated on the lake, visited the teepees at night, got sunburned, changed lots of diapers (mostly me, hehe), fended off an offended stranger when Morgan ran around the lodge naked, cooked ALOT of cafeteria style meals in the huge kitchen, bathed kids in the huge sink, played pool and ping pong in the middle of the night, kids played a lot of board games, got attacked my hornets at dinner time, and stayed up half the night before going home to clean the place!!!!!!!

So, that's the scoop....enjoy the pics :) We had a great time....hope to go back next year with a new and improved water proof baby :)

July 14-17, 2009...A visit from my sister's family

My brother-in-law, Cevin, and 3 of their kids, drove from Utah for a quick visit before my nephew, Michael leaves for his mission....they were here for a couple of days, then my sister, Kathy, flew in to join them. We had only a short time to see them, but had fun hanging out :)

They came to Summer's birthday party at the park, we went to Gene Coulon park, and took them to Woodland park zoo...

Cevin and Andrew took a swim together

Cevin borrowed my kids to play in the water...his are too big to throw around anymore...Morgan loved it!

Summer isn't impressed with staying in her car seat...

Michael and Summer...

...now Summer is happy :)

Katie fits right in with us Washingtonians :)

My nephews, Matt and Michael...with Summer

Michael and Katie...you are never to big to play in the sand!

Matt and Tom

Summer has no idea how cool the kid behind her is ;)

Morgan and Katie

My sister Kathy joined us for a trip to the zoo...Michael rivals this giraffe in height :)

lunch time

Hippos!

Mommy/baby :)

Summer loves Tom!

Aunt Kathy and Summer

Aunt Kathy made Summer sad...she wants Tom back

The more, the merrier :)

We are almost all looking at the camera...

Kathy and Matt

Katie

Summer loves to fall asleep like this with Tom

This was a great day for the elephants...we sat and listened to the zoo keeper talk...the elephants at Woodland park helped the researchers learn how to identify areas where poaching is still occurring...it has led to many arrests.

The elephants showed off for us....it was fun to see this...we are usually lucky if we catch the back end of one around the corner, or have to stare at them behind glass...very cool!

The elephant loved the water...she swam for quite a while to cool off

Morgan loved the elephants...they are one of her favorite animals...she used to call them hannasees...who knows where she came up with that name, but it sounded cute :)

A very friendly, not so shy squirrel walked right up to Morgan...she thought he was cute, but was still very nervous...she circled him giggling and he kept on coming :)

This squirrel definitely knows how to milk his cuteness! My dad shared some trail mix with him

Kathy and my boys

Me and my kids :)

Morgan at the penguin tank

Katie and Tom by the jaguar