Tuscany?

Last weekend we went to Galena with the O'Neills.  We rented a beautiful house in the Eagle Ridge Territory. The view was absolutely beautiful.  Matt commented several times that he felt like we were in Tuscany.  I'm not sure I would go that far, but it was beautiful!

Luck wasn't exactly on our side during our stay.....

- Katie and Chris were late getting to Galena because they had a flat tire after a night in the city at the Trump Hotel.

-It rained every day.  Aren't we in a drought? This makes it difficult to entertain 3 little ones under 3.  No park, boat, or pool when it rains!!

-Our planned "boating day" turned sour when we learned we a.)couldn't swim in Lake Galena b.) had to be a homeowner to rent a boat in Apple Canyon Lake where you can actually get into the water- we learned this after driving 20 minutes each way c.) boats didn't go over 10 mph at Lake Galena but they'd have to do d.) captain chris steered us straight into a bed of evergreens causing us to literally be completely stuck! (all we could do was laugh hysterically).  After "rocking the boat" we finally got loose.  e.) it started to rain just as we were walking down to the dock.

-Matt had to return to Chicago Sunday night, go to an all day meeting Monday, and return back to Galena Monday evening. (total of 2 round trips to Galena which is 3 hours each way.)

-Luke decided to get up at 5 am every morning, which meant Mya was up at 5:00 since they were sharing a room.  UGH!

But... we had a great time anyway!!! Luckily, the house had a nice hot tub so us adults could unwind and relax each evening! ;-)

view from our deck

At dawn and dusk there were hot air balloons.  Mya was mesmerized by this! It really was beautiful!

The girls in the awesome kiddie pool.

Our water baby! He had NO fear! He LOVED it!!

WHOA... Hold on kiddos! Just kidding.... this may be the only time they sat down on the boat! It was SO slow that they  ran around the whole time! Chris said a firefly was flying faster than we were driving! :-(

pj time

The O Family ~ Notice the hot air balloon in the back! :-)

Miss Kylie... love this girl!