Happy Birthday Cody

This weekend we traveled to Columbus, OH to celebrate Cody's 5th Birthday.  Jason and Heather had his party at the minor league baseball field in the city.  The weather was perfect for a night at the ball field.  Thanks for such a great visit guys!! 

So Cute!

Happy Birthday Mom

Thinking of you always and missing you oh so much.

Love,

Jeff, Lara, & Grant

Good for the Soul

This past Wednesday Lara, Grant, and I went to the Banff Film Festival.  It was our forth year going and we always love the films dealing with all things outdoors including extreme sports and preserving the environment.  Grant was an angel.  He watched (yes, he sat and watched quietly!) the first 15 minute film and then fell asleep during the second one.  The festival always gets us pumped up to do something outdoors and it just so happened that I had a kayak trip planned for the weekend.  My friend Jon and I got on the Clarion river in Cooksburg in a canoe and a kayak Saturday morning and had Lara pick us up downstream on Sunday.  We stopped and camped out along the way.

The sky was a little angry that day!  The weather reports were calling for a chance of rain and snow and a low in 20's but how often do you have a chance to get away like this.  So we decided to leave as planned.  We saw both rain and snow...

and if you look closely in this picture you can see sleet!  We hit the trifecta!

We actually enjoyed all the weather.  We were pretty much

the only people out and about and it wasn't all rainy and snowy.

We decided to stop in a nice group of spruce along the river. 

Here is our makeshift campsite.  Who knew a kayak made such a nice bench. 

Jon didn't catch any fish so it was hot dogs for dinner.

What a gorgeous trip.  We saw some wildlife including a bald eagle.  A good portion of the trip was undeveloped along the river and we saw some beautiful sites.  It is a trip worth repeating.