Friday, August 01, 2008

Friends, Fun and Food!

The Markels finally made it! We had such a good time together! When we weren't out having fun we were making yummy food!!

Tuesday: Arrival
Food: Filet Mignon with Gorgonzola cream sauce and yummy mashed potatoes!! :-D Sooo GOOD!

Wednesday: Lava River Cave and Lava Butte, and a trip to the market
Food: Big, yummy sandwich for lunch and for supper:Grilled Pizza with Fresh Pesto from the Market & White Chocolate Bread Pudding [wipes drool]

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Atop Lava butte

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Thursday: Baseball game and Float down the Deschutes
Food: Asian night- yummy chicken wings and chicken and pork dumplings


Here's the crew just before Brenda took her unexpected swim in the river :D
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Friday: 3 mile hike on the River Trail
Food: Aspen Lakes Lodge

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We had to hike to work off all the calories we were eating!!

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Yeah! I'm so glad Brenda made it out here! Brenda, you're the best!!

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Brand 33 @ Aspen Lakes did not disappoint
Don't these look delice??
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Saturday: Canoe on Hosmer Lake and Cook Out
Food: Weiner roast and S'mores

Even Star had to get in on the canoe action
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See how much fun Brenda is having in our tippy canoe?? Photobucket
Perfect day, perfect weather... that's Bend!
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Ethan thought he would like to fish, so he tied this dragonfly he caught to a piece of long grass and went fishing with it. Photobucket
Cook out!!

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Myles hamming it up Photobucket
Yes, that is Brenda eating a hot dog!! Can you believe it? She really does love me enough to go canoeing, out on a cookout and eat hot dogs!

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and.... Myles even got in on the bug action... something unheard of from the boy who hates bugs!!!
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We had a great time!

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Sunday: Church & Chill
Food: Chicken Pepperoni 8 pounder and Pioneer Woman's Apple Dumplings. Mmmmm!

Monday: Ethan's Birthday Party- I tried to get Ethan to change his birthday party to a later date when we could have more time to plan his party, but he insisted on having it while his best friend Myles was here :D
Food: Dominoe's Pizza & Calzones: We took the week's leftovers and put them in calzones. YUM!

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Tuesday: Good-bye
Food: Pilot Butte Drive-Inn

It was so fun having Myles and Brenda here. We were planning their next trip while they were still here. We still have so much to do and see in Bend with them. We wish they could have stayed longer and Brad wishes we had taken more time to decorate the house.... I guess that will have to wait until the next trip.

Can't wait for them to come again!
My full freezer is happy they came too.

5 comments:

Ben said...

Fun times! I like Ethan's "Y" hat!

Josh and Nat said...

I think I want to get my hands on that dessert! Looks so beautiful out there!

Becky said...

Wow, if I ever come visit you, will we have that much fun (and food)? It seems like you have a lot of places with the word Butte in them, which I pronounce as "butt" because I'm so mature!

Shawna said...

That's great that Brenda finally made it out there for a visit! Looks like such a fun time. I love looking at all your pictures and adding your adventures to the list of things I want to do next time we're there for a visit. Definitely have to do the lava tubes again! That was so neat!

SJacobus said...

Busy, busy!!!! Looks like your having way too much fun:)