July 29, 2013

Play Cafe with friends in Oakland

Coming home from Montana....we stayed in Oakland an extra day to see some of my childhood friends. Jessica just had a sweet baby boy named Elijah and Manja's son Brennan is 2 years old.
We have been friends for ~ 25 years! 
Mason and Corben jumping in the ball pit 
Brennan, Coben and Mason 
Jumping together
Play Cafe had different rooms to play in and large cafe area for the parents.  The rooms were kitchen, dress up, ball pit, train, etc.  Mason found the Elmo costume in the dress up room!

Bass Pro Shop Store

Mason cozied right up to the bear 
Corben loved all the big fish 

Cool waterfall in the store

July 27, 2013

Hike to Bear Creek Falls

South of Missoula we found a trailhead to along Bear Creek Trail to Bear Creek Falls 
Corben and Mommy, loved all the tall pine trees 
Corben, Mason and Mommy 
We saw many berries along the trail
Corben and Mommy tried a few! yummy! We didn't see any bears though 
Daddy and the kids
Mason was carried about half the time....Corben hiked all 3 miles by himself! 


Taking a break 
the kids are really into taking pictures of Mommy and Daddy 


Beautiful falls on the lower left corner 

Bear Creek Falls 

Ducking under trees limbs along the river to get into the water 



The kids and mommy took off our shoes and got in the super cold water.  The kids took their shorts off too! 



Family pictures at Bear Creek Falls
color wasn't great with the self-time mode....so black and white for these pictures 

Steep hike up towards the trail to head back down the creek  



Snack break 
Pop and Nonie 
Corben and Eliana with their hiking sticks 
Pop, Nonie, Lindsay, Cole and Mason 
Corben and Eliana stayed towards the front and led us out....only took a few rests to wait for the others 
Crossing a small creek 
Corben...my little hiker
Corben and Mommy love to hike!!  This was such a great hike!   
Mason and Daddy, through the berry bushes 
Gorgeous views from the trail 
Mason, Lindsay and Nonie 

At the end, taking a break by the creek to eat their sandwiches! 
We spotted deer on the way in and deer on the way out of the trail!