6:30! I heard the pitter patter, no, THUD THUD, of Dizzy feet! I thought, surely I was dreaming! I had just went to be 5 hours ago... right!?! I was in fact NOT dreaming, he came down to wake me up, though the thud thud, was a dead giveaway before he came crashing through the door. I looked through gritty, sandy sleep deprived eyes to see a smiling face and hear HI Grandma!" I encouraged him to crawl into bed next to me and warm up thinking surely he must have gotten cold. He laid there quietly, but never went back to sleep. Eventually at the late hour of 7:15 we got up, got a bath, and prepared for our day. Bean got up when Diz was in the bath, was unable to find us so woke up Grandpa who growled "Go upstairs". Bean did so dutifully but with his feelings hurt. One must make certain the Jeff is at least half awake before venturing to speak with him. So I arrived upstairs to find Bean sitting quietly on the couch waiting for someone to acknowledge his presence. Grandpa made nice with Bean once his first cup on coffee was coursing through his equally sleep deprived veins. Bean held no grudges and the whole thing was forgotten soon after. We had breakfast and waited for their Mom and Dad to awaken and make an appearance. They both plodded upstairs about an hour later. We decided to do the grocery store thing as we brought no fresh food. The boys stayed with Daddy and Grandpa. Rissy and I actually had fun grocery shopping together without the kid distraction. We met a VERY helpful, almost scarily helpful butcher at the store. We had asked where the turkey breasts were as I was used to buying one brand and was totally unaware of the other options, so both being vegetarian and Rissy getting the same brand for Neil and kids we had to ask. We were shown a variety of options buy this butcher, but found none to our satisfaction. We decided on another dinner. Then a consumer suggested something else, and still we decided we would have enough without the turkey breast. SO, we had gone on our merry way several isles through the store and along comes the happy butcher holding a turkey breast high in the air jogging toward us. We accepted the turkey and again started on out way to hear the man addressing Rissy and gesturing toward me..."So, it this your sister?" Rissy and I were both dumbstuck at the gratuitous use of this cheesy line. She answered "No" and then answered a few more questions from the inquisition, and eventually we were allowed to go. We both giggled heartily once out of sight.
We returned and put the groceries away, had lunch, and decided to go for a drive to see what was of interest around as there was no snow for skiing, and all the summer stuff was over of course. While we waited for Neil and Rissy to be ready to go we took the boys outside to collect pine cones. These pine cones were so huge compared to the pine cones which we see here in Oregon. Bean said "WOW some of these are as big as my BRAIN!" While there is really no reference point in this photo you can hopefully get the idea of the size of these pine cones all the same. We were able to get 4 in a grocery bag to give you some indication of their size.
We found a couple of wonderful parks around the lake. They boys had the best time just throwing rocks, climbing on rocks. They could have stayed out all day, on video games, cartoons, or other popular mind numbing alternatives for kids out there these days. The boys got along famously, save one little misunderstanding. They threw rocks in the water, skipped a few rocks and threw big rocks into a little puddle to break the ice. Not sure who had more fun the little boys or the big boys! Jeff tried several times to capture the corona when a stone in thrown into the water. Diz climbed on the rock bar back and forth several times. He has proven himself a little mountain goat. I believe he must had been born under the wrong sun sign and should have shared mine if his behavior is an indicator. Jeff thought this reflection photo was cool which he shot while I was deep in thought.
Then we headed out to another park but Dizzy finally wore himself out with the climbing and fresh air, so I stayed in the car with him and caught a few winks myself. When the rest of the gang returned to the car they had stories of giant climbing rocks etc. We returned there another day so that we could all enjoy it together.
Here are some of the best photos of the day, not including those which feature the children. For those of you who have the info, those will be on my Facebook, please feel free to peruse them there.
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