What we did this summer

Many of you may have wondered why we have not touched our blog for most of the summer. The answer is easy - we had too much fun having fun. We were busy with hikes, bike rides, swimming, and of course, VACATIONS! This year we packed up the kiddies and headed west to the beautiful state of Oregon to visit family and see the sights.
We began by going to Roseburg to see Aaron's Aunt Carol and Grandmother, which we enjoyed immensely. It brought back some good memories for Aaron and lots of laughs.
After spending a couple of days there we headed up to Eugene to see the University of Oregon's Law school. The campus was BEAUTIFUL as well as the school itself.
Following Eugene we made it over to the coast to spend some days in a town called Newport. There we enjoyed some camping in a state park, hiked up to some lighthouses, checked out the main drag with all of it's shops, saw a really great aquarium, and went CRABBING. Aaron and Melissa's brother (Dan), father, and Aunt Bonnie chartered a boat and went out into the harbor to score a mess of beautiful and very tasty crab. That night we ate crab until we could eat no more. Gold Beach was our final destination where we went on a jet boat up the rogue river to see wildlife and built a tepee/fort to protect us from the fierce wind on the local beach there.
Very tired but very satisfied with the trip, we headed back home to Provo. It was definitely one for the books. Thanks to ALL of our family who made it all so fun! Feel free to peruse our photo's of the trip.