Father's Day

The kids and I had fun making rocket ships and bombs that read "you are out of this world" and "you are the bomb." We made zucchini cookies to fill them with.

On Father's Day we went to church and then went to Skamania Lodge for the day. We enjoyed a picnic lunch, hot chocolate and coffee in the lodge, an educational treasure hunt put on by the Department of Forestry, hiking, and taking the kids on the putting green.

The treasure hunt required us to find all different kinds of unique treasures such as a leaf bigger than your arm, something crawling, lichen on a tree, etc. Elijah had a different kind of treasure hunt. His followed the story of how mice got trapped in a Douglas Fir pine cone (the pine cone looks like it has little mouse tails and feet that are stuck inside). Of course, Elijah found a "gun" and played Transformers for most of our hike.

The highlight of the day was the putting green. Elijah was a natural and was off and running. We will definitely come back and do this again.

Elijah made us laugh hysterically with his over the top victory dance.

I am so thankful that my kids have been blessed with a dad like Steve!