The Carlson Family: Trip to Uncle Don & Aunt Paula's

Bryan has an Aunt and Uncle in Bishop California. We haven't been out to visit since Carter was a baby, so we thought we would head out there for a few days. Bryan has always talked very highly about his Uncle Don, and now that I've met him a few times I know why. Don and Paula have a beautiful backyard with a pond and it's a very relaxing place to hang out. This above sign is in the pond. The first morning we were there, Hailey came in the house quite distraught. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me that Carter had told her she had to take all her clothes off and jump in the pond. I went outside to reprimand Carter, and found out that he was telling her what the "No Skinny Dippin'" sign meant, and she was thinking he was telling her to do it!

This trip ended up being quite the family reunion. Bryan's Dad rode with us, Bryan's Mom met us out there, and then the day after we got there, his brother and family came to stay.

Carter and Hailey practicing their gambling skills :)

The arm that you had to pull on the slot machine was pretty hard to pull. I thought it was pretty funny to watch Hailey use those little muscles of hers to get it rollin'

Uncle Don took Bry and the kids looking for frogs and they brought them back to his little pond. The frogs unfortunately didn't want to stay in the pond and kept jumping out, but they had so much fun with them!

Hailey doing crafts with Papa...

Uncle Don has a few "pet" fish in his pond and it's always fun to feed them...

One day we went to check out the "Laws Museum" there. I was really glad we went. It was really cool! It was basically set up as a little town from the late 1800's. There was everything from a store, a working mine, a train, schoolhouse, homes, bar, mechanic shop, and several other buildings.

There were all sorts of critters running around. Bryan is trying to catch a lizard...those little suckers were too quick though!

Serving alcohol to minors, probably not the best idea boys...

The cute little schoolhouse...

Bryan and Russ' favorite room...

The kids enjoying an afternoon feeding fish...

Playing games with Grammy...

I loved all the beautiful flowers and plants in their yard...

Violet reminds me of Hailey when she was younger. She had to carry all her bags and toys at the same time, she couldn't leave any behind!

A pretty sunflower in their garden...

The grill masters cookin' up some yummy ribs, artichokes and squash...

Violet and Hailey playing in the stream...

The sweet neighbors offered to let us come over and swim in their pool! We took them up on it. Carter had finished swimming lessons the previous week and was excited to put his newly learned skills to use!