June was a month filled with many travels for vacation, lots of time with family and friends, boating, swimming....and of course it went by way too fast!!! Total we logged in 40 hours in the car during June....the girls did amazing! The first weekend of the month the girls and I headed up to Humboldt to celebrate my mom's birthday and Father's Day early. Josh worked that weekend, so the girls and I enjoyed some family time. They enjoyed their stop at Confusion Hill on our way up. It had been 2 years since Hannah had been. I have many fond memories of visits to Confusion Hill as a kid and want my girls to have fun memories as well.
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| painting a bird house for herself and her sister |
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| cousin play time...Jordyn laughing (she is always such a happy girl) |
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| Enjoying some play time with her cousin Brody at Nonni and Nonne's house |
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| enjoying a girls night at Las Caz with Nicole and Sarah...yum!! |
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| Hangin' with her Nonne |
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| such wonderful grandparents!! |
For part of Josh's Father's Day gift I booked us a canopy tour at
Sonoma Canopy Tours (known to be one of the longest and highest canopy tours ever created). It's something we've always wanted to do. Josh's mom came up for the day to stay with the girls and we headed out early to enjoy breakfast together at
Howard Station Cafe in Occidental. Delicious Food!!! (highly recommend this place if you are in the area). Alliance Redwoods (where I took my 6th graders to Outdoor Ed for 3 years) is the location of Sonoma Canopy Tours. Once arriving and checking in, Josh and I rode up the hillside to the top of the tour with 3 other couples. We had such a fun group! They told us not to take cell phones on the tour, since we wore gloves the entire time using an IPhone would be impossible and also because of the possibility of dropping it. Of course we didn't bring a camera with a strap, so we left our phones behind. I wish we had brought them because now looking back I could have totally made it work. :) Oh well! We got 1 picture before and 1 after. :) Check out the website on the link above for photos and video clips. It really was such an amazing experience. During our 2 1/2 hour tour we did seven ziplines (one of which was over 800 ft long), two beautiful skybridges,
a spiral staircase up into the redwoods, and rappelled to the forest floor at the end of the tour. The views of the redwoods were absolutely breathtaking! I'm so glad we were able to do this together. :)
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| before :) |
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| after |
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| Looking up into the redwoods after our tour...you can see one of the ziplines to the left and high above to the right |
~ Lake Trinity ~
This year we decided to do our annual Sonoma County friends camping trip at Lake Trinity. Almost every year we've gone to Lake Philsbury (one of our all time personal favorites), however we decided on Trinity this year because one of our friends Kara grew up in Weaverville (just outside of Trinity) & we had talked for years about getting our boat on this lake. A couple downfalls we were aware of before heading to Trinity...1. the drive 2. the red clay (neither of which are fun when you are a boat owner). We booked one of the group campsites and began our trip on Friday night of Father's Day weekend. The group campsite was booked for Sat-Wed, however we decided to take our time driving and head up Friday and stay in Weaverville. We had a great dinner at Kara's parent's house, Hannah enjoyed some swim time in the hotel pool before bed and we were able to check out and enjoy a couple local bars that evening (Josh and I rotated staying with the girls). We were so glad we broke up the drive! It was nice to be able to get up Saturday morning, enjoy breakfast, the girls did a little window shopping in tiny downtown Weaverville, while the boys disc golfed and then we all headed to the lake getting there at 1:00. Overall we were happy with our campsite except for the fact that there was no beach to hang out at during the day when we were not out on the boats. The shore was rocky, however we were able to anchor both of the boats (our friend Greg brought his as well), near our campsite with no problem. While at camp the kids had fun biking, going on Scavenger Hunts, doing art projects, swinging in 1 of the 2 swings Josh set up and of course exploring. As much as I love hotels, cabins, etc...there's something about tent camping (especially as a kid) that is SO much fun! Hannah loves getting our tent all set up. We love our huge Costco 2 room (10 person tent). It has enough room for Hannah's single air mattress, our Queen, my camping nightstand, Jordyn's pack-n-play, a toy area and all of our luggage. The front door is also hinged (enabling it to swing open and shut like a real door)...my personal favorite feature! :) On the lake we mostly enjoyed wake surfing, we also got in some morning wake board runs, but overall the lake definitely wasn't one of the top ski lakes we've been on. The water temp was a little on the cool side (I'm sure it's better in July). All in all we had a fun trip, however I don't know if the lake will be worth another visit again in the future.
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| chairs set up around the campfire...just beyond the chairs is everyone sitting down for dinner |
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| watching some wake surfing action |
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| her absolute favorite spot on the boat :) |
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| Happy girl :) |
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| tired girl ready for bed |
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| so excited to roast her first marshmallow of the summer |
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| wake surfing with dad...she could spend all day on the boat (makes owning a boat so worth it!) |
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| Our family :) |
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| getting directions for their scavenger hunt |
During one of the afternoons we headed over to the
Trinity Alps Resort for some playtime and ice cream. The kids had a so much fun playing, crossing the bridge and of course eating ice cream. :)
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| enjoying a break for ice cream |
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| BFF's |
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| Hannah, Tyler and Kenzie crossing the bridge |
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| love my little munchkin! |
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| was mesmerized by the river |
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| fishing adventure with dad |
