Photo with Mt Shasta

 Before we left California we made sure to get a photograph with Mt Shasta. Actually because it was looking quite picturesque we ended up taking several photos with it.

Shasta bushwalk

 Before driving further north into Oregon we decided to go for a walk to see a waterfall. It was a nice walk but we were definitely not the only ones with this idea. There were a couple of ruins along the way which we stopped to look at before we managed to get to the waterfall itself. Once there we also climbed rocks downstream a little bit and found some nice little pools. The water was quite cold so we didn't go swimming but dipping our hands into it was quite refreshing.

Shasta City

 We are off on a road trip to Canada. We left Sacramento and headed north on our way to Canada for TV's mountain bike race. The first night we made it to Shasta City where we spent the night. We stopped for dinner before getting there. The hotel room was pretty cool because there were bike racks on the walls. Turns out there is a relatively new mountain bike network which is continuing to grow. We had a nice stay and were ready to go further north the next day.

Checkers with friends

 TV's good friend Eric came over and his kids played games together. We haven't seen Eric for quite some time and his kids even longer. So it was really great that our kids got to meet his and they got along well. EV really enjoyed playing checkers and even managed to win a match.

Swimming and games with the cousins

 Uncle Mark and his family met us at Grandma Cece's house and the cousins all got to have some fun together. They definitely went swimming since it was such a hot day. There were a lot of games getting played as well as Uncle Mark taught us some new ones to play.

Making breaky

 EV was at Grandma Cece's house and was making breakfast. She has really come to enjoy dragon fruit and so that was a nice start. Pancakes with all the treats are also a good options, particularly since she doesn't get them too often.

Time with friends

 The summer is a bit short because of travel we have on this summer. So we are making the most of the time off by inviting friends over for a play and a swim. They all played really nicely together and had a blast. The only down side was that it was hard to say good bye at the end.

Picking fruit

 We were asked to help pick fruit for our friends the Rosses and we jumped at the opportunity. They have a delicious plum and even better fig tree. Since the timing worked we were very glad to help pick, clean and freeze the fruit so that they could make jam from it later in the year. The girls had a good time picking fruit and having a couple of samples. In the end we managed to fill just about the entire freezer with clean fruit.

Pool party

 We had a couple of friends over to Grandma Cece's and Ron's pool. The adults got a chance to talk and swim a bit while the kids entertained themselves. The kids enjoyed a snack and a whole lot of swimming. They really had a lot of fun together.

More Pride

 The crowd and the parade particiants were very jovial and it made the event really nice. The girls got into it and got a fair bit of attention. We also got to see a couple of people we knew march in the parade which added to the fun. The only down side was that after the parade there wasn't any follow up activities that we could partake in and so we found a plae to have lunch instead. We ended up enjoying lunch just chatting.

 

Sac Pride

 Thie year we went to the Pride parade in Sacramento and Grandma Cece and Ron came along too. Unfortunately KT couldn't go because she was working but we had a good time. It was a smaller parade but it was well represented and everyone was having a good time.