Warm thoughts and weekend outings!

We had an eventful weekend! The best part was the weather! The temps were in the 40's and the snow has been quickly melting! Since we have had the snow over month - its time for it to go! Friday night, we had a little birthday party for Little J. We did the dinner, cake and presents thing. He was pretty pleased! Little O was a bit torked off that it was not HER birthday! She got over it when she got to eat cake!
Saturday we spent most the day outside getting the ice broken up off the driveway and around the barn... the kids took the time to enjoy the warmer weather and play as much as they could outside! Jason played with alot of his new birthday toys! (Easy come, easy go - as many are already broken!)
Sunday we drove out to Joe Watt Canyon to where they have one of the elk feeding stations (picture below)... it is amazing how many of those darn things come down to eat! We went to have lunch, then we drove down to the Umptanum Rec. Area in the Yakima Canyon to the swinging bridge. The temp when we were there was 50! Totally like a heat wave! haha! We went over the bridge, and Olya got to see a fast moving train close up! She loved the fact that she and her brothers were waving at the train - and the engineer was waving and really laid on the horn a few times! We got a few pictures on the tracks (of course long after the train was gone!) and then walked around on the trails for a while before heading back home! It was so nice to let the kids really run around and enjoy some fresh air!
Back to the old grind this week!
Little J. Little O and Big A pose on the tracks!
Elk at Joe Watt Canyon
Mama and Little O strike a quick pose!
And the ending of birthday week for little J! I still can't believe that he is EIGHT! UGH!