Siblings

It's so wonderful to see how much my kids love each other. As you can see Cami still has a very full head of hair and it has turned a reddish color. Isn't she looking so old now?

Happy Birthday!

Our little girl turned one August 23rd. She is a complete delight, full of many smiles and we are so thrilled to have made it through the first year. She does have a certain mischievous gleam in her eye though which makes me wonder what the future holds. She also gets into her fair share of trouble as you can see by the toilet picture earlier (and she's not quite walking yet!) We just had a small family party for her the day after her birthday and the older kids were more interested in her presents than she was.


Opening one present the day of her actual birthday, she found the ribbon more exciting than the present!





She enjoyed smashing up her birthday cupcake but wasn't ready to give up her new birthday lego either.

More Vacation

After leaving Almanor, we headed to Truckee to visit Aaron's brother, Andrew and his wife, Melissa. They are building a house and living in a trailer so we just camped together. Aaron helped Andrew some on the house and the kids loved playing with their cousins. We also enjoyed just being up there because Truckee is such a beautiful place. When we got home, it was great to be out of our trailer and our house felt huge. Melissa also got a chance to try cow penning in the rodeo while we were there so that was a lot of fun to watch.

Special Guests

My aunt and uncle came down to join us at Lake Almanor. The kids really enjoyed getting to see them. Uncle Ron and Aunt Suzanne were so brave, they even stayed in our tent so they could be right there with us and spend the most time with the kids.

A Great Almanor Trip!

We had a great vacation to Lake Almanor again this year. The kids loved playing with all their cousins. Cami surprised us by being quite content to play in her playpen or sit in her stroller. This kept her from getting entirely filthy everyday and freed Aaron and I up to relax more without keeping a constant eye on her. I did finally let her down to play in the dirt one day and she really enjoyed getting filthy dirty. Zach also surprised us by wanting to try skiing this year. The kids learn to ski with their fathers holding them, poor Aaron was very sore having to bend over with Zach but we were so proud of him.

Potty Time

Cami loves to indulge in life's little pleasantries, like a nice soak in a warm spa. (Annette wanted to make sure that everyone who reads this is aware that she wasn't home when this happened.) As it turns out Cami is quite the climber. I also found her on top of the dining room table the other day. Just when you think you have secured one area, she finds another place to get into trouble!