Joy and Dirt

This past weekend we took our annual fathers day trip up to the Colville national forest. A week late but we had tons of fun. This was our first camping trip with both kids. We started camping with Callie when she was 5 months, but I never figured how hard a 2 1/2 year old and 5 month old at the same time could be. It makes for one big dirty, but joyful, mess. We stayed at Flodel Creek and the boys all got some really good riding in. And as you can see so did Callie. Though here rides were definetly not as long as the boys.

Callie loved playing in the creek. The water was freezing. Everytime I walked through it to get to the gravel my feet would cramp up. It hurt so bad to be in it even for a minute. Callie and her cousin Haylee however could play in it for hours. Callie even "swam" in it once. Technically she laid down on her tummy which she considers swimming. Callie is more and more fun everyday. She challenges us and compels us to be better people and surprises us with her sillyness and amazing pesonality. It is so fun watching her grow into a sweet, tenderhearted little girl.

Here are Callie and Haylee on a hike. Haylee is Ty's sister Lisa's little girl for those that don't know. They had so much fun going on hikes. They found tons of tree stumps and had to sit, stand, squat or jump on as many as they could.

Lucy is crawling now. She was only 5 1/2 months when she started, which seems way too early. But she loves the freedom to roam the rooms of the house. This was when she figured it out for the first time. It seems to me that she is showing us her mischievious face like she is saying to us, "Ha ha ha, I figured it out, what can I get into now." Obnoxious, but incredibly adorable.

Here is another picture of our precious Lula. She is always so smiley. You can pretty much guarantee that if she is awake she is happy. She just finds so much happiness in everything she does and sees. She amazes us everyday and brings so much joy into all of our lives.