santa rosa

This past weekend we made the trek up to Santa Rosa to visit our friends Lauren & Isaac! It was Bobby's birthday weekend so we had lots of fun things planned. 

First up: Kayaking down the Russian River! 

our crew: Bobby, me, Lauren, Isaac, & Cort

I'm glad to report we didn't tip once! 

Cort dominating in the solo.

the Rushes looking studly.

Next up: just give the boys a jumping rock and a rope swing and they are entertained for hours...

After a fun day on the river, we hit up REI (literally across the street from their apartment...talk about dangerous!) and picked up some camp chairs and some RJ's licorice! We purposely went in with only 30 minutes til closing so we wouldn't walk out with the whole store. Then we headed into downtown Santa Rosa and had dinner at an awesome local restaurant and brewery called Third Street Aleworks. I got a sandwich called "The Hippie" and it was deeelish! We ended the night with some Funfetti Cake and a friendly game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey! That's what birthdays are all about, right?

The next day was Bobby's birthday- the big 24!! We started out the morning at church then headed out to go hiking in Annadel State Park. We ended up at a lake and guess what we found???!! Another rope swing!

this was 1 out of at least 30 times Bobby jumped off this thing. I couldn't document them all. I don't think I've seen him have that much fun in awhile!

Overall, it was a great time with friends and a perfect way to celebrate Bobby's birthday! 

Thanks for being born Bobby :)