photos from the road

been "roughing" it up here in oregon, and thought i'd share a few pics with y'all

before we made it to oregon, we stopped in auburn for a couple of nights and visited family. the kids don't have much experience with rivers and lakes, so it was fun to watch them float down the bear river...

the next stop was camping at trinity lake. all the kids "helped" us SO much. here is noah pounding in tent stake.

"we made it!"

gotta have smores when you camp. kaitlyn knows how they're done.

this is how kaitlyn does "camo" when she camps.

the next day was spent on the lake with friends. a completely new experience for the kids. almost better than disneyland.

a couple days later we were in beaverton to shoot my cousins wedding. it was the first time i'd ever shot a family member's wedding, and it was a blast. it was great for the kids to see what daddy does when he goes to weddings. they knew i took pictures, but they were always convinced i was in it for the cake. and, after having some cake at this wedding, i'm pretty sure they still think that's why i take pictures at so many weddings. jenny decked the boys out in linen shirts and pants, kaitlyn in a linen dress - they were irresistible - so i snapped away. they're gonna be heartbreakers all of 'em.

we hiked a gruelling 2.2 miles with the kids to the top of multnomah falls. they did great! we were out of trail mix, so the got peanut m&m's to tide them over.

brought a little tripod along and we were able to get a few rare family portraits.

we'll be camping again in the next couple of days, so i may be out of phone and email contact for a bit. we'll see how at&t does...they failed at trinity lake (folks with verizon we fine though).