Our 16th Anniversary!

We planned a quick trip to Sun River for our anniversary this year.  We had hoped to get snow and although we didn't get any while we were there we did get to enjoy the beautiful snow covered forest as we drove, as well as lots of snow already on the ground in Sun River.

I'm a planner through and through but with this being right on the heals of Christmas break I was not as prepared as I would have liked to have been so what was suppose to be an easy drop of the kids and head out Wednesday morning ended up being packing, a trip to Winco, a forgotten backpack, and less than clear instructions for Grammy.  So as we pulled out of the pass there was a text from Grammy saying, "So they opened the boxes.  Do you know who gets what?

Me: Oh no!  Those are Evie and Hazel and Sadies!  Sorry.  Did not clarify who could open them.  The babies have new socks coming from Amazon.  I'm sure their sisters will share.  I'm really sorry.

Grammy:  Well that might be a problem.  They're loving it.

Me:  Shoot I didn't even consider you'd have to deal with the babies.  Did they open them already? If so tell the older girls that's my fault and I'll rebuy it for them or get them something different.  They used their Christmas money on that.

Grammy:  We split the school stuff and one got the pajamas and the other claimed the thing with the clock.  Not sure they're going to give it up.  I saved one package for later so that one is safe.

Me:  Well glad they're playing nicely.  Hope the older girls roll with it for you.  Sorry in advance for any drama you're about to face.

We stopped for lunch at Three Creeks Brewing, for groceries in Bend, and finally got to our place around 6:00.

Next morning I woke up to a text from Cooper saying, "Why did Wyatt get gum and Mentos but not me?"

I'm telling you I'm loosing it.  The mentos were suppose to go in the car as a treat for the babies and the gum was suppose to be left with a note saying I couldn't find the one he wanted so I got this one for everyone to share.  Instead I left both under Wyatt's pillow with no explanation.  Bummer!  Guess I needed this vacation even more than I realized.

Thursday we spent part of the day shopping, then went on a tour of the Deschutes Brewery, and ended with dinner over at 10 Barrel.

Friday we intentionally took the day really slowly. We didn't even intend to leave our place but forgot to get seasoning for the steak so we ran into Sun River where we bought the kids some gifts, played at an arcade, and got a few groceries.

Anniversary Dinner

So thankful for this guy!  For the fun we had together and the years of memories we share.  Can't imagine life without him.

Love you Honey!

But our adventure wasn't over... as we headed home we planned to get lunch in Salem and run a couple of errands before heading back to the kids but we got a call that the battery on the suburban had died.  Uncle Ryan had jumped it and they were assuming a light was left on so Grammy and Robert had headed to Cooper's first basketball game with all the kids but they weren't sure.  We told them we were actually already almost back in town so they could give us a call if it didn't start, which it didn't.  Thankfully we were only about 10 minutes away so we quickly get them on their way home, still ran  our errands, and then work on getting a new battery.  Never a dull moment with the Troyer crew.

We were sad to have missed Cooper's 1st game but it's nice knowing so many of his teammates and his teacher went to his game so we got lots of updates and videos as we drove and ate lunch.

A steal and a bucket.  He's off to a pretty good start.