We went camping last weekend with Caleb's parents and it was really fun. The kids a did a lot better than I thought they would. Megan just sat and played in the dirt most of the time, but she had a great time doing it. Alyssa had fun exploring everywhere and getting into everything. There was a really big field of grass and I almost lost Alyssa in it a few times.
We camped at Tirillium Lake and it was right at the base of Mt. Hood. We had a great view of the mountain from the lake. Alyssa just wandered up and down the shore picking up mud and letting it fall through her fingers then walking on a little bit to find new mud, it didn't look like much fun to me, but she seemed to enjoy herself.

Alyssa was more than happy to rub mud on Megan.

Mud Monster!!!

Walk in the Woods

We went for a little family 'hike' the other day (I don't know if it qualifies as a hike because we only went a mile), but it was fun to get out and see the difference between Oregon and Utah forests.
This picture came out kinda dark, but Alyssa is waving from a bridge. There were a whole bunch of joggers on the trail and Alyssa tried to keep up with them so she kept running up a head.

Megan tried to walk around, but she wouldn't hold my hand so she fell on her face within a few seconds because the ground was so uneven and she hates wearing her shoes.

Daddy and his girls.

Alyssa picked two leaves at the same time and they made the shape of a butterfly and she was very excited to show it to everyone who walked by.

Swimming Hole

I found out that there is a wadding pool at one of the parks by our house so we have been going a lot recently. It is just a big concrete circle about 15 feet across and is maybe 2 feet deep in the middle, but it is just right for Alyssa and it is gloriously FREE! Megan doesn't like it as much, I think because it is cold but I am not sure, but I do know that she looks super cute waddling around in her swim suit.

I didn't know that they drained the pool at 5 so there wasn't much water left to play in it, but we just went back another day.

There is a picture of the little mermaid on Alyssa's swim suit and whenever she wears it she calls herself a mermaid and says, 'look, I have a tail' and points to her bum. She has also been wearing her suit none stop for the past week. I make her wear clothes over it when we go to the store, but she takes them off the second she steps in the door.

Rite of Passage

I've decided that eating spagetti with sauce and getting all messy in the process is a rite of passage into toddlerdom. So Megan had her first try the other day and even though she didn't get to messy, she really enjoyed herself. Alyssa wanted to be like Megan too, but she only has noodles without sauce so it wasn't messy at all but still fun to eat.

Megan's Birthday!!

Megan turned one on June 5th and I am a slacker and haven't posted pictues until now. We had a fun little party for her at Caleb's parents and Brandon and Nancy were able to come down from Washington to join in the festivities.
Alyssa tried to sweet talk megan into sharing, but Megan wanted nothing to do with it.

Too much Birthday! (She feel asleep while I was eating my cake)

Yummy! Yummy!

Megan got a cute summer dress from Brandon and Nancy, Grandma Bell made her a peach dress and bought a little bathing suit, Grandma and Grandpa Hamblin got her a toy laptop which makes all sorts of noises and flashing lights, and Me and Caleb got her this weird stretchy ball thing.

The pictures are all out of order, but still cute.

The biggest news of the day was that Megan started walking!! She has really taken off recently and walking is her favorite mode of transportation, but if she is really excited and wants to get somewhere fast, she will still crawl.

Megan did a really funny knee walk before she started walking, she still does it occasionally and I think it is funny.

Biker Babes!!

The girls love to play out on the balcony, we have bubbles, bikes and sidewalk chalk (which is fun but makes a big mess) Here are some pictures one day, Alyssa has learned the fine art of posing cute for the picture. Whenever she sees the pictures she says, "Look, Alyssa smiles with the teeth!"

Megan loves to get pushed around like a queen.

Alyssa has learned how to do the pushing to my great delight.

Having a snack outside after a long day.

Who's your daddy?? Caleb vs. Edward

Megan's got her top K9 teeth before any of her other teeth, and I think that she looks like a vampire. She only shows them when she laughs really hard so it was sort of hard to get a picture.