our day in mccall

 we felt like having an adventure on saturday

so after my friend courtney came to visit, we loaded up the car and drove to mccall

the day before we had decided to put the TV away for the rest of summer

so the drive was our first time without a movie on in a while

the kids did so great!

we stopped for lunch first thing at my father's place

we had to wait a long time for our food but the food was so good!

 this mountain berry shake was super good, too

 then we went in to ponderosa park to swim for the afternoon

 henry walked with hazel, so sweet

 i love watching our kids play in sand on a beach so much

it's seriously my favorite

 henry probably ate a bit of sand but he had so much fun!

 noah found lots of pretty rocks and olive loved swimming in the cold water

 playing in the sand

 this scene makes me so happy

 olive and a sailboat 

 i love how happy the kids are playing in water and on the sand

 this log was kind of a nice barrier for henry

he didn't like how cold the water was

 i love eleanor's hand, it's very her

 the girls love being burried by their dad

 henry loved that hazel was burried and threw sand on her and sat on her

 rachael loves michael

 mermaid eleanor

 noah found this sweet stick and posed for me, sucking in his stomach of course

 the sun got blocked so the kids got a little cold

henry warmed up with a towel and cheese stick

 on our way out we drove up the scenic loop

it was so pretty

 we tried to take a family picture

semi-successfully...

 we were going to stop at ice cream alley

for ice cream before we headed out but the line was so long and the kids were so tired

so we stopped in horseshoe bend

we were pleasantly surprised that they had great ice cream

i love eleanor's serious face in this first picture

 man, i love these kids

it was such an amazing day

well worth the drive

it will be a treasured memory of mine for a long time

i'm excited to do a few more fun little trips before summer is over, too