mom turns 60 at lost lake!

what a summer we have had!  i think this was by far was our busiest summer to date! as you can imagine i have lots of catch up to do so sit back and relax and enjoy lots of catch up posts from our adventures summer!

first up...surprise 60th birthday party at lost lake for my mom!

still can't believe we pulled off a surprise, especially since we planned this over 9 months ago!  lucy was the planner behind most of this...nice work lucy!!!

we did a seafood boil one night for dinner and the kids had way to much fun playing with the critters!

ev with a crawdad... 

its a clam!

and a crab leg!

they were so silly with the crawdads! :)

even brian got in on the silliness! :)

party decor...

lucy rounded up some hillirous pictures from the years past...the hair does were hilarious! :)

colton...the master boil cook!

these two love their cousin time together!!!

the boil...yum yum!

mom and jim ready to dig in!

there was a great trail around the lake that was great for hiking or biking...

uncle colton getting in on some baby snuggles!

we surprised my mom with family pictures of us all...

she cried happy tears...we did good! :)

we played and played in the water at lost lake!  its a no motor boat lake, so we paddle boarded, kayaked, and fished.  miss e loved the kayak, she took to it like she has been doing it for years!

birthday grandma with her all her grandkids!

we all had our own cabins and they were so cute!

they sat up on the hill a bit, so you had a great view of the lake!

the calm of the lake early in the morning...

morning walk with dada!

gorgeous view of mt.hood....

fish on!  this girl was ecstatic!

GIRLS!!!

these next few pics are my favorite from the trip!

they just scream summer fun with cousins...i love that!!

i love how gwynn and ev are fussing with the fish and amelia is just posing it up in every pic! :)

drift boat ride...

raft ride with uncle charlie....

gwynn was trying to be funny....

and her dad thought it would be even funnier if her helped her get the crawdad in her mouth....gross!!!

happy 60th birthday to you...

these two are trouble together! :)

a great place to celebrate with some of my favorite people...happy 60th birthday mom!!!