big family summer trip

We finally took the big kids with us for a big summer trip with the whole family. Not as big as Alaska, but big for us, at least. One of my favorite parts was a hike to Frog Lake which is up CA-88 right about a mile from Carson pass. This was maybe more of a Dad outing, but Heather was eager to go since she likes it up there, too.

Heather wanted a special trip to see Grandpa Gaschler, who we haven't seen as often as other family lately. We all got to stop by and say Hi, but Heather also went back to stay the night and go to Church with him a couple days later. I think they had dinner with Jodi and Rocker, but there will actually still more story to tell since Heather and Connor aren't home just yet. Stay tuned :)

It was also the last week of vacation before the bigger kids start school, so we tried to accomplish lots of stuff all at once for them. Among perhaps other things, the older kids got to meet Randy Sr. and Jr., swim in Jodi's pool, skip rocks at Frog Lake, swim in Sly Park, go to the zoo with Grandma, hang out with Brycen, have lots of desserts, stay up late learning to play Clue and Risk on a sugar high (even Jazz got a bit), and have a crazy long hot drive home the back way with lots of stops and car games.

Thanks to everyone for making time to see us - we miss you already, but it may actually be good to be home for a while and catch up on rest.