Uncle Eric and Aunt Beccy Visit

This is our Uncle Eric and Aunt Beccy.  We miss them a lot.  They live in Tennessee now.  We were very happy to have them come and visit.  They play with us and chase us around the house.  We hope they come again soon.

Playdate with the Stone Kids

This is the only way to play on hot summer days.

 

These two boys are 5 weeks apart.

These two girls were in preschool together and now they will be in the same kindergarten class.

 

Brandon Turns Two

Brandon is 30 pounds and is 34 inches tall.  He is only four pounds lighter than his brother.  He really likes tractors right now.  He gets very excited when he sees one on the road.  His favorite color is green, but his siblings insist it is red. He is starting to talk more, his only sentence is thank you though unless he is copying everyone else.  He likes to use one word or grunt because it takes less effort.  He already is almost potty trained!  I am quite surprised by that.  He has caught on by observing his siblings.  He wants to be a big boy just like them. 

 

 

Camping in the Sequoias

We camped at the Lodgepole campground for 4 days.  The first day we decided to hike along the river from the campground. 

 

The second day we decided to hike along the same trail that Daddy often hikes.  We thought it was quite special to pretend we were just like Daddy the real backpacker.

 

 

 Here Daddy is showing us where the trail continues and how he hiked all the way to the mountains in the distance.

 We even got to see Tharp's Cabin made from hollowing out a log.

...and a tunnel log that our car fits through just fine.

On Day 3 we decided to go to  see the biggest living tree General Sherman and some other huge fallen trees.

 

On our forth day we saw deer in our campground and later a bear as we were driving around sightseeing.

 

Siblings at Play

Queen Emma and Prince Nolan

 

Mommy caught us wrestling on her bed, but we are the sweetest angels!

Emma Graduates Preschool

 My graduation from Kid Connection Preschool.  I get to go to Kindergarten next year!

 

 My special friend graduated with me.

 

Here are my other close preschool friends.

 

Nana got me flowers

 

I guess this is what my brothers thought of the graduation.

My first teachers Miss Shirley and Miss Kathy

Mommy's Friend Shawna Visits

Mommy met Shawna in Germany and on days off from taking care of kids in a boarding school they hung out and traveled together for 4 years.  Shawna was such a blessing in Mommy's life.  Shawna now  has a cool job of being a flight attendant and even though she lives near the East coast Mommy gets to be honored with her presence once in a great while.