I was a little worried that knitting at summer camp would be to boring for my almost eight year old… but she loves it! Woohoo!

So I have decided to host my own shopping cart. I know enough web stuff to be dangerous and in the long run it will be less expensive. However, I had no idea how many choices are out there! Sheesh! Lately I’ve sort of been obsessed with research and I had to tell myself that I’m not a web gal, I make beads… remember! Clearly learning new information is interesting to me, especially if it lets me paint a pretty website in the end. It is very satisfying to read about something and then make it work. Of course it seemed that just as often the code/cart didn’t work. I was getting a little out of control in trying every cart available! Dude had to remind me that knowing when to stop unraveling the sweater is a useful skill and I think that I’ve learned all that I can and I have made a choice, woohoo! As the shopper hopefully there will not be any large changes for you, only maybe making a new account, but you can probably even skip that if you’d like. I’m thinking I need to write a little summary about what I’ve learned over the past month in case it proves helpful to someone else. Plus it will be much more relaxing to type in the house compared to sweating at the torch in this July heat! Ha!

We stopped for lunch at Salt Creek Falls on our way home from Sunriver. Of course more water meant more wading… It was a great trip, we are already thinking about next year!

It is hot out which is wonderful! Dude and the girls are going whitewater rafting later so we are all just taking it easy this morning.

Sisterly fun at the pool… does it get any better?!

Our friends came over to visit us in Sunriver (Yeah! ) for a few days and we went on the nearby cave hike. Here is a photo underground with no flash of all the happy hikers. It is a 2 mile hike underground in this huge cave made from a lava tube. You need to bring a lantern to see and the temp is a balmy 42 degrees.

Every year we seem to hike to Benham Falls. Probably because it is close and as hikes go it isn’t too strenuous, although you’d think we were hiking Mt. Everest with all the complaining that was going on… It was still a nice family event and of course Dude had to get in the water and the girls followed shortly.

Woohoo! Family vacation here we come!