Reunion in Sunriver!

This past summer, Emily's family decided to visit Sunriver, which is a resort town in central Oregon.  We rented two houses there and several of Emily's siblings come together to hang out.

The houses were part of a resort community with a wide assortment of activities.

Gabe loves playing games and this resort had many of them.  He enjoyed playing this game, ladder ball, with Uncle Rob.

He also wanted to try his hand at tennis.  This was his first time playing tennis and did not too badly.

And he also wanted to play soccer.  There was a patch of dirt behind the house and while playing soccer with daddy, kicked up a lot of dust.  And because he gets so sweaty the dust stuck to him and so he quickly became very sooty.  He looked like a coalminer by the time he was done.

We went into town to see what there was to do.  The kids found a shave ice place and enjoyed that.  It was very hot there.

We joined the rest of the family in an ice cream shop (where there was air conditioning!)

The resort has an artificial lake stocked with trout.  Gabe wanted to go fishing and so did his cousin Jace, who is absolutely obsessed about fishing.

The resort area also had a really nice pool.

The pool was a short 1/4 mile walk away.

The kids enjoyed spending time there to cool off.

This was Karina's first summer not wearing a life jacket in the pool since she can now reliably hold her breath and paddle in the water.

A group of folks decided to go white water rafting.  They really enjoyed it.

Gabe didn't want to go and stayed behind to ... of course... play more games.

In the evenings we would go fishing.  A gentleman with a fly fishing rod was there and hooked on to a fish.  He let Karina reel it in.

And here is her catch.  A big trout!

At night, we roasted marshmallows.

There was also canoeing available.

And also stand-up paddle boarding which the girls tried and were able to do successfully.  It actually was easier for them because they are so light, they couldn't tip over the boards even if they tried.

Gabe tried his hand at pool.

And also shuffleboard.

And he played checkers.

And Uno.

Xiao Yu was really happy because he got to spend time with his favorite cousin, Anders.

Millie is an expert hair braider and did Karina's hair.

In the end, the kids had lots of fun and were EXHAUSTED.  Gabe even took a nap, which he hasn't done in years.

The family decided that we will probably be back next year!