Our weekend in Philo

Our weekend away started right after Cole finished up his first gymnastics class.  We headed out of town towards Sacramento.  We had planned on doing a giant circle around Northern California so our route to get to Philo was I5 to HWY 20.  Drive around the north side of clearlake and then on to HWY 101 and then HWY 253 into Boonville.  Coming home we would take a different route.

The drive started out great!  We had not been on I5 north in quite some time (thank goodness!) so the drive wasn't as boring as it could have been. This kids both fell asleep shortly after leaving town so we had a nice quite drive and I made Mike stop at various sunflower fields.  

We made it safely on to HWY 20 and started our drive into to Mendocino county.

Poor Cole got car sick on HWY 253.  I don't have any photos of the drive because we kept having to pull over so much.  He never puked but he kept saying "I'm sick.  I'm sick in my tummy"  "I want to drive in the shade"  I don't blame him on that one. It was pretty darn hot that day.

Some other classic Cole lines from the trip include:

"Siena is trying to tear me apart" and "Bad words stay in my tummy"

That night at the camp was the rehearsal and a cocktail hour and dinner for any guests that had arrived a day early.  The food was AMAZING.  So good!  There were at least 50 people there if not more so it was like the party before the PARTY!

Our home away from home for the weekend.  We had our choice of 3.  I picked this one because of the door and because it had the least amount of beds and no bunk beds.  We only needed two beds, this one has three but the others have more so we knew others would need the extra beds.  We even offered our extra bed to friends but no one wanted to share a room with the kids.  Haha!!

Two cabins away was the trail leading down to the river.  It was about a 3 minute walk from the cabin.

Cole was very intent on hiking down all by himself.

After our trip down to the river, we walked over to the campground where most of our friends were staying.  Cole really wanted to see his friends.

Cole was taught many new things......  the whoopie cushion will never get old.

Siena loves two things these days.  Her bathing suit and sunblock.

This is just the cutest view ever!!!

Off to the river while I am taking wedding photos.  Cole informed me later that "Daddy was swimming like a dolphin"

Out cold from a fun time at the river.

At the reception Cole was sampling all of the cupcakes.  I don't think he actually finished an entire one.  He also dropped his pants and peed right next to the play structure during the middle of the first dance.  We are proud parents (not really) there is a photo taken by a guest I am waiting to get my hands on.

Siena was quite the social butterfly.

The best idea ever!  Bring an outdoor screen and a movie set up to entertain the kids!  Cole went back and forth about 3 times since he has no attention span for movies.

By 11:30 we were back in the cabin.  The kids had a blast.  Siena passed out during the dancing but Cole was running around dancing with his "friends" and also watching the movie.  Mike and I tried to visit as much as possible but that is kind of hard when kids could care less if you want to visit.  Plus I spent a good deal of the time photographing.  But it was all worth it because the photos are amazing!  Cole was a little bummed that the night was over.

We left on Sunday and decided to go HWY 128 to HWY 80.  On Yahoo, HWY 128 was on their list of top ten HWY's to drive in your life time so we figured since we are there we might as well do it.  It was a long drive but it takes you through the different valleys of the Wine Country.  It was a beautiful drive even though we ran over a King snake.  Yuck!  Now I feel like we are cursed.

It was a great little mini vacation away from home.  We had a blast visiting with friends and the kids loved the cabin and the river.  I think there may be hope for some camping.....