you know your kids are tired when...

they ask for a quiet time and cry when you tell them they can't have one. we went swimming out at a lagoon today with my sister-in-law, the girl's cousins, and my mother-in-law. the kids had an absoulute blast, but were totally trashed after spending 5 hours in the sun and water. when we got home at 5 tonight, kate literally begged for a quiet time in her room. i guess we finally wore her out:)

wet blankie

the other night i was in the kitchen cleaning up dinner while amelia was playing in the bathtub (please don't call cps on me:). when i went in to check on her, this is how i found her. i guess she needed her blankie, so she helped herself out of the tub, found her blankie, then let herself back in. glad to know she could do all this by herself:)

last but not least

summer top 10

here is my list of this summer's top 1o faves (in no particular order):
1. watching kate learn to LOVE to swim and being quite brave during lessons ( not typical for her).

2. enjoying amelia's love for life-i think she's the happiest and most personable baby i've ever met.

3. watching amelia float down the truckee river NEXT TO our raft (and screaming if we made her come in the boat).

4. not having our house torn apart like it was ALL of last summer.

5. not having a schedule and being able to enjoy what each day holds.

6. spending quality time with each of our families.

7. s'mores-in the backyard or while camping

8. experiencing bears while camping (we saw a lot of them in tahoe-quits close-up i might add!)

9.hot sun!

10. listening to amelia and kate play together-they are such buddies! i pray that they will continue to love and care for each other the way that they do now.

even more still...

more pictures

finally!

we are finally home from all of our adventures, AND i have finally figured out how to sort and post pictures on our new computer. the hard part is going to be choosing between ALL of them. fun things we've done this summer (so far):
-camping with tim's family at gualala (near mendocino) on the coast

-santa barbara for our 6th anniversary (minus the girls)

-my mom and dad visit in july

-church family camp in tahoe for a week

-spokane and idaho visit with my entire family

so, i will try and post as many pictures i have time for (the girls are in their rooms now, but you never know when the quiet will end.

enjoy!

we're here

just wanted to let you know that i am here and that we have been having a BLAST this summer. we got a new computer, so i am learning how to upload pictures and as soon as we get home from spokane this weekend, i plan to do some major blogging. we have been to tahoe, santa barbara, mendocino coast, and are now visiting my sister in spokane. looking forward to sharing our fun memories and pictures with you!