A Sunriver birthday

As is becoming tradition, aunts Kari and Vicki generously allowed us to spend Brad's birthday weekend at their Sunriver home. (it's available for rent if you're looking for a nice getaway)

Such a nice treat! (My fingers stumbled when I typed "treat" and it almost came out as "retreat" - also very fitting!!)

We laid pretty low for a couple reasons: there was NO snow and I was recovering from a bout with the stomach flu (major yucky).

There was some of this:
And a lot of these (banana splits requested by the birthday boy):
And some birthday burritos and presents:
We also watched a couple movies and some trashy cable TV, stayed up too late and slept in too long.

Oh, and we took out the Jeep, which used to be Brad's baby:
It was super fun to drive around - and I was thrilled that I remembered how to drive a stick!

Brad found a forest service road covered in a couple inches of snow that we HAD to explore. We drove in about a mile before it narrowed more than we were comfortable with - in another person's car.

Brad tried to wash off the mud splatters, but that's challenging when it's below freezing and there's no car-wash soap or rag :) Thankfully, a muddy Jeep is a happy Jeep.

Fortunately, we did have the energy to take advantage of the nice weather and get out a bit.

I managed two runs at the resort - one with Brad and one without. We ran from the house to the village mall and back for 3.52 miles:
Look - NO snow :(
And I went out before we left Sunday to explore paths on the south end of the resort. 5 miles, stopping and starting a lot as I tried to find my way:
And on Saturday, we laced up our snow boots and hiked up Vista Butte, a nice trail we explored last year.
It was a very nice, relaxing birthday weekend! Thanks so much, K & V, for inviting us to your home :)