sanders family old blog

Paris Texas that is.
actually we went to Broken Bow Oklahoma, but we passed through Paris to get there. our last little summer trip before school started.

unlike Paris France, this was the most exciting piece of architecture that we saw while driving

the rest of the ride looked like this...

yee haw.

actually the drive wasn't bad. the little towns we passed through were super cute. plus we had dvd players and cousins to help pass the time. maryanne and tom took the boys in their car, we took the girls. 3 hours went just like that.

we drove up to our cute little cabin and fell in love right away

first item of business...exploring!

then calling dibs on the bedrooms,

and checking things out...

we found some unwanted company in the basement and kept our distance.

we decided that this was going to be the funnest weekend ever.

just in case it wasn't, we took this picture to show the disbelievers.

we spent the next little while just hanging out and getting acquainted with our new little weekend home while mia was napping.

then off to the lake for some swimming

then the part van was waiting for the whole trip. the fire! (or "camping" as he calls it)

gathering sticks, roasting marshmallows, making s'mores, he couldn't get enough.

i couldn't get enough of mia:)

the only disappointment was the tiny little tv they had. the boys didn't seem to mind though. harry potter #4 played until bedtime.

everyone had fun watching our little visitor

a saturday morning hike was on the agenda first thing. the boys found their walking sticks and headed out

it was so beautiful up there

maryanne and i had to join in the action

since we were spending so much time with mother nature, we decided it was fitting to be tree huggers.
(notice i'm the only true tree hugger- everyone else has one leg down)