Labor Day!

We really enjoyed our 2nd to LAST day of summer vacation

stress-free! =)

We didn't go camping this summer at Cascade Park

(church property 45 minutes NE),

so we took

advantage of the BEAUTIFUL weather on Monday

and spent the afternoon there

playing at the river...

It's great when the kids are all working together,

getting along,

and having fun all at the same time

in the great outdoors! =)

Some finished sand castles Annaliese & Aaron

Aaron (blue), Annaliese, & Natalie (pink)

The river was extremely low this year, however,

I was informed that the water was still FREEZING!

Natalie & Sheldon went all the way across,

and even though they didn't get completely wet,

they were COMPLETELY numb!

Thank you Natalie for going with Dad, so that I didn't have to =)

Evan and his mud ball,

made with some sand found in just a small patch!

It was SO rocky (see behind)!

And then some fun on the cool bucket swings

Annaliese & Nathan

Natalie & Aaron

Natalie & Evan

And then time at the new playground,

and playing some frisbee (with Sheldon),

before we headed home for dinner!

Aaron testing the Law of Physics =) Natalie (left) is loving this,

but my leg muscles were so SORE for 2 days,

that I could hardly walk! =)