A Big Bear Weekend Adventure

Last weekend was FULL of adventure! We stayed up in Big Bear Lake Friday through Sunday in a little cabin with both Odie and Violet in tow :) Let me tell you though... It was HOT! I had this picture in my mind of it being a cool lake town... Not quite! 95 degrees during the day with NO AC in that little cabin made things interesting... Especially since it dropped down to the 50's in the early morning. We went to bed tossing and turning with sweat and woke up freezing! Even though we're a little wussy about hot weather now that we live in Long Beach, it was worth it to be in such a beautiful place!

Here are some pictures of our memorable moments!

Testing out Violets new car! What a fantastic hand-me-down from her cousins! Thank you Elliott's!

Violet can never stop hugging our Odie ❤ Neither can we! Even in the horribly dry heat! His hugs make everything better!

About to go on our first hike up to Castle Rock! ~2 miles of beautiful scenery and exercise! One of the best and most amazing hikes we've been on!

Taking a little break ;)

Once we got to the top I tried to hike around to find a good view, but my big belly was getting in the way of my bouldering so I had to climb back down! We took some pictures... Violet doesn't look too pleased! After an hour in the backpack, she just wanted to get down and walk around... But it wasn't so safe with all the boulders and cliff/edges!

Thank you Asian man for taking this photo!

No one can stay angry bears when you have super cool daddy sunglasses on!

Someone did NOT want to sit still!

Thank you again Asian man for this family photo! Poor Odie had to miss out since we had to climb to this spot and he couldn't come with us safely :(

Such a beautiful view from Castle Rock!

After our morning hike on Saturday, Matt's family came up for the afternoon to hang out :) It was a blast to see all the kiddos hang out together and go with the flow ❤ We love our family!

Odie LOVES bubbles more than children do... No seriously. He does.

Grandpa is such a trooper! We ended up on a family walk which turned into a hike and he let Violet hike :)

Go Sarah go!

 A few of us got a little behind (remember... Violet got to hike) so the cousins ahead made arrows for us so we wouldn't get lost ;)

 This just made my heart so happy ❤

Daddy let Violet hike, too :) Twinsies!

Family photo op!

That night Violet was dead asleep by 7 pm after missing her afternoon nap... But then woke up at 5 am crying. We thought she might be cold so I went in and covered her with a towel we found in the cabin... Which she shucked off of course. At 5:30 am I went in to get her to sleep on my chest while I sang to her in a chair... Which worked for a hot second. By 6 am I knew she was UP and we wanted to let Matt sleep so she and I took Odie on a walk to the lake ❤ It was beautiful, calm, and relaxing :) The 3 of us had a blast AND daddy got to sleep an extra 1.5 hrs :)

No makeup mommy... Boggie nosed baby :)

Breath taking ❤

 On our way down the mountain we stopped in Redlands to see grandpa and grandma and take a little car ride break... And give Matt a haircut :) On our way to Long Beach Odie was BEAT! Violet threw down her blanket which landed on his head... This was taken about 10 minutes later. He didn't even try to take it off ❤

What an amazing weekend! Once home, we EVEN had time to get Odie a new dog tag!