We had to find somewhere pretty close to home to go this lovely Labor day since the price of gas seems to be rising ever upward. We decided to go up Hobble Creek canyon. It was a nice "nature walk" for the kids. They found tons of acorns, bugs, and rocks that were interesting. We even saw this little animal...we think maybe it's some kind of weasle. It was definately used to seeing people since it didn't seem too scared of us at all.  

Jason and Daddy trying their best to make this big log move.  

Daddy helping Emily keep her balance on a log by the creek. 

Emily and Jason by Hobble creek 

The kids started school last week on Tuesday. I didn't think it'd take so long for me to get these pictures up, but life has been busy! This is Jason on the first day of Second grade. He's in Mrs. Palmer's class.  

First day of Second Grade. Emily is in Mrs. Moore's class. 

While the kids and I were in WA Dad got Jason a kit to build and launch rockets. They've had a great time doing it together and the rest of us have been enjoying the launching of the rockets. This is Jason and Dad getting the rocket ready to launch.  

Jason and Dad doing the countdown and pushing the button to lauch the rocket. It was a great launch. 

This is our rocket slowly floating back down to earth after a successful launch.  

This is uncle Michael catching the rocket that we launched.  

Emily and Jason enjoyed trying out the geiger counter to see how much radiation is in everyday things.  

This is Jen holding her adorable niece Bryannah. We can't wait to see her again when she comes to visit us.  

Emily and Jason had a great time at the family reunion. This is them with their 2nd cousin Morgan by the Columbia river.  

This is Emily when we went bowling. She and Jason both bowled really well! 

The kids and I had a great time in Washington with all of the family there. This is Jason when we went bowling with all the cousins, aunts, and uncles. 

Yesterday we all drove down to the Fremont Indian State park. Of course we took some pictures so I will share them with you. It was a lot of fun and educational too! ;) This is a picture of what the petroglyphs we saw looked like. These are of animals, but we saw people, hands, other animals, spirals etc.  

Emily and Jason in front of 100 hands cave. This is a cave that has a bunch of petroglyphs/pictographs (if you wanna know the difference ask my kids!) of hands. The bars are there to keep people from vandalizing it. 

The one and only picture of me since I'm mostly the one behind the camera. I'm climbing out of the replicated pit house that the kids insisted we all had to climb down into to see what it was like.  

Emily and Jason standing in front of a cool looking rock that we saw while we were hiking.  

This is Jason and the kids standing near some of the petroglyphs we saw while we were hiking.