Wallowa Lake State Park

This last weekend we had a Bradshaw family reunion at Lake Wallowa State Park in Joseph, OR. Here are some pictures and videos of our trip.

Here Dillon is posing at the north end of the lake. Our "cabin" was at the south end.

Kenzie posing :-)

Kenzie on the paddle boats. We rented them for $15 for 1 hour. Natalie, Kenzie and I went on one boat. Dillon, Uncle Kyle and Grandma went on another. Tyler and Eliza chose a two-person kayak as did Jake and Heidi. Grandpa decided he didn't want to risk falling into the freezing water, so he stayed ashore.

Natalie 8 months pregnant on a paddle boat. Needless to say, she did not paddle much :-)

Dillon playing some miniature golf. He really enjoyed it and almost had a hole-in-one on a hole.

This video is of Natalie, Kenzie and I on the paddle boats.

Dillon, Kenzie and me on the bumper boats.

Dillon got to drive his own bumper boat. Surprisingly he did an awesome job and had a fun time!.


While at the state park we were sitting around playing some disc golf. We had taken a quick break at a picnic table, when all of a sudden two deer came right up to us. They were so close that I was able to feed one of them by hand. He really enjoyed dill pickle flavored sunflower seeds. It was rather awkward having deer so close to you.


Here's the "cabin" we stayed at. We stayed on the top floor and slept 12 people comfortably. I'm hesitant to call it a cabin as it was nicer than any house we have lived in. Downstairs was an ice cream store and a souvenir shop. The entire complex was for sale for $850,000, so I spent most the time wondering if I could afford to buy it :-)


The cousins sitting on a big random chair.


A nesting bald eagle we found. There was actually two bald eagles in the nest and apparently baby eagles as well.



Dillon and Kenzie feeding the fish at the pond. For $0.25 you could get a handful of fish food to share with the trout.

Some of the Bradshaw clan looking pretty.


Dillon, Grandma and Kyle on the paddle boat.


The family on the bumper boats.


Dillon (age 5 5/6)


The kids offered up some money and paid to have grandma and grandpa take a trip on the tram to the top of the mountain ($24 each). A few minutes into 15-minute tram ride it broke and they were stuck on it for 45 minutes. Grandma was not too excited after that. Oh well, it made for some good pictures.


The Bradshaws

Dad (29), Mom (28), Dillon (5), Kenzie (3) and Baby-to-be-named (-.2)


June 26 - June 28 2010

The Little Farm at Windwater

Yesterday we went to a birthday party at "The Little Farm at Windwater" out in Auburn. The birthday was for my friends' from high school daughter, Bridgett. It was located at a petting zoo/farm where they had horses, ponies, chickens, bunnies, birds and more. The kids had a great time!

Kenzie posing in front of the chicken coop.

Kenzie's fell in love with Dolly the horse. She loved feeding him carrots and riding her.

Dillon was reluctant to ride a horse, but after bribing him with a Slurpee afterwards, he finally got enough courage to jump on. He loved it!!!

Kenzie riding her new best friend, Dolly.

Initially Dillon was scared of all the animals in the barn so he spent most of his time feeding the pigeons. If he only knew that out of all the animals there, these were the ones most likely to bite him.

Dillon posing in front of the goats and sheep.

Kenzie being Kenzie. Her face was painted from an earlier activity at the church, a mother-daughter carnival.

Kenzie holding a bunny all wrapped up. She also got to touch some baby bunnies that were just born last week.

The Salamander

I was at a customers house whose home backed up to a forest area. While there I happened to come across a salamander, so I picked it up and brought it home to the kiddos. I was surprised how willing they were to hold it and play with it, as most the time they are scaredy cats about anything new. Well after a day of playing with it, we placed it in a storage container for the night. The salamander decided to make a run for it at night, but in the end did not get to his final destination. In the morning we found him dead in the hallway near the bathroom entrance. We had a proper burial for him by flushing him down the toilet. Though he was only with us for a few hours, he sure made an impression on the Bradshaw household.