Berries, First Bites, and Camping, and Creatures

We've been so busy lately. Busy having fun that is!

A couple weeks ago we went to a berry patch and picked fresh blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. Sooo Delicious! We could tell the raspberries were David's favorite because he had a harder time putting them in bucket and not in his mouth :)

 Here's Lydia working hard at the berry patch.

And everyone else working hard at the berry patch.



I finally decided to give Lydia food. (She just goes crazy when we eat.) Rice cearial seems pretty boring to me, but she couldn't have been more excited! I think she'll be a good little eater. See how happy she is.



David wanted to show me that he liked his breakfast too.



This past weekend we went camping up at Ledges State Park. (If you live in the area and havn't been, you must!) It was so gorgeous and the weather was great!



David was so excited to go camping he was litterally jumping up and down with anticipation.

We went up Friday morning and spent the day hiking, and then stayed over night and hiked more Saturday.



Like I said before, it was beautiful!



David likes the huge bridge.



And Lydia even took a nap! (what a good dad)



I couldn't believe how well David did hiking around. Especially since alot of the trail looked like this!



We went to Ledges a couple years ago and took a picture here, so we had to do it again.



David 'helped' Jason put the tent up and was quite proud.



We saw some deer on our hike, but the best part of the whole trip for David was...

Hunting for creatures!!!!

He caught toads,

Caterpillars,

Millepedes,

Minnows (and more toads),

and Crawdads.





He was absolutely in heaven!!!

Summer Days!

Yes we're still here. Enjoying the summer one day at a time.



Lydia is still growing like a weed and even has a new tooth!

(I was hoping she'd wait a while before teething. David got his first tooth at 9 months and she was only

5 months! Oh well, one down right.)



David is as handsome as ever.



Cody and Lisa are now our neighbors and the kids are loving the extra attention!

(thanks guys)



I don't know if all of you are stuck in this heat wave, but we sure are.

This is what we do when the heat index is 120- stay inside!

David wanted to show off a picture of his dragon.



And when the heat goes back down to 108 or so we go swimming... alot!

(Not the greatest picture I know, but trying to get two kids who are ready to swim to pose for the timer on the camera, not easy.)



Play time

 I caught David and Lydia playing together and it was just too cute!

These two are crazy about each other.

 They played in these blankets for the longest time. (Not that Lydia had much of a choice) but they both had a blast.

 We've been playing hide and seek lately too.

We just celebrated Jason's birthday.

(he's trying to open presents with two crazy excited kids on his lap)

David has been slightly obsessed with birthdays lately and was making Jason presents aka drawings for weeks. 

kids, cousins, and a reunion

My mom tells me I've been slacking again so here we go. The most recent pics are first and I'll go back from there...

Lydia is finally big enough to play with toys- and David loves showing her how its done.

We just took Lydia to her 4 month doctors appointment. She's over 16 pounds and 25 1/2 inches long, which puts her in the 95th percentile baby!

Of course we think she's as pretty as can be.



 Jason and David building a tractor together on Sunday afternoon.

We went to a family reunion in Las Vegas. It was sooo good to see family!!!

We were especially excited to get these two back together. Sometimes I think they act like brother and sister. (even argue like they are :) You can tell they are WAY up past their bed time. Vacation right?



We played games at a park one afternoon and I thougth this picure was hillarious. I can just see David thinking.. "I don't know what your problem is guys, just eat the cookie."



David and Seth in the 3 legged race. I was impressed.



And our newest little cousin- Oliver!!! (Shaun and Megan's baby boy)

They say we should have Lydia rub his head and see if she can't get any of that hair magic to rub off.

(You'll have hair someday baby girl. Until then, we'll just have to be envious.)



She enjoyed the day in the park too.



and more adorable kids!

Kids

I keep getting in trouble for not putting up more pictures of these cute kids

so here are a couple more to make the grandparents happy!

classic drooling picture

Master builders

I keep getting asked if she has cute rolls yet, so here are the thighs and the belly to prove it!



Luckily, David still thinks this little girl is great!

He has to give her hugs several times a day and makes sure his friends know Lydia is HIS baby sister.

Lydia's Blessing Day

Here's the pretty girl in the gorgeous blessing dress my mom made her.

We had a great day together and the blessing and baby girl were both beautiful.

These boys just adore her!