Our Trip to Green Valley Lake & Sister Oaks

Since I updated our blog while on the trip, you probably know that we recently made a trip to our friends Chani and Marilyn's cabin in Green Valley Lake, CA. We had a wonderful time drinking hot chocolate, sitting around the fireplace, cooking homemade meals, taking walks down to the lake, fishing, reading, watching movies, and taking a day trip to Big Bear for lunch and to ride the Alpine Slides.

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We had to take this one since Sarah's little brother is Eric Carter:

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Our first evening we took a walk down to the lake:

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As you know, not too long ago a fire wiped out a great deal of the forests in the San Bernardino mountains, including many homes in the GV Lake area. Here's what was left of one of the cabins/residences:

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Cheesy, but he had to be done...

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Daddy made a fritatta:

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There was still snow on the ground from a recent storm (the front "yard" of the cabin is very shady):

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Before piglet transformation:

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After:

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Carter had to copy Claire when he saw me laughing at her:

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Rubber worms:

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My girls:

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Apline Slides!

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We took turns going on with Carter:

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Here we are actually riding the slide. You can hear Carter telling me not to drop the camera and requesting that he hold it.


Post ride celebratory gesture. By the way, there were some Asian tourists who went very slowly down the slides and as they watched Carter and I barrel down the slide without using the brakes at all they were a bit shocked...but you should have seen their faces when we hopped off the slide and Carter busted this move. I don't know what they were thinking, but I am sure they thought I was raising a future hellian):

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