Our first camping trip!

Well, here we are at our first camp out with our new trailer! Hurkey Creek is just beautiful, and only about 40 miles from our house. There are no hook-ups here, so we really roughed it with no electricity (and no hot water... which we need to figure out), but we had an absolute blast! We loved our spot too and didn't have neighbors at all until the end of day 2. It was very peaceful and so much fun.


Here's our gorgeous view.


This picture cracks me up with the current connotation here. Will didn't even realize he was getting me next to that name... but we had a good laugh afterwards.


Sulli's new horsie sleeping bag was so much fun for her! It fit perfectly at the end of our bed on this little carpeted storage spot. We never heard a peep from her at night, and she loved to crawl into bed with us in the mornings.



The kids had so much time to do things they wanted to like reading books, loving on Diego,...



... throwing cheese puffs to birds...


... playing games...





... and riding scooters! We surprised Levi with his first Razor (because he proved he could ride our neighbor's really well!:))






What cute (and messy) campers we have!

Father's Day, 2010

Father's Day was a major hiking day for our family. The boys are still talking about what a great adventure we had. These pictures are taken from our morning hike (at Hurkey Creek), which was only about 2-3 miles. It was getting pretty warm, so we decided we'd take off again in the afternoon to try to find the waterfall we heard about. We were sure it would be cooler then... after all, this is the mountains. Well, it wasn't, but we set out anyways. We were smart enough to bring water this time. We never found the waterfall, but we had gone so far, we were certain we should just keep going because the trail looped around back to camp... and was only 5.8 miles long. Oh my word! That was the longest 6 miles EVER!!! Even the dog kept lying down every time he found shade, and we'd have to drag him along. The trail was rocky, steep, slippery and HOT! Will carried Sulli until the last few miles when I had to carry her because Levi couldn't walk anymore. Will carried our poor little guy who looked like he was about to have a stroke, his face was so red. When we finally made it home, our little trailer never looked so good! But if you ask the boys what their favorite part of the trip was, they will tell you our 6-mile hike!



After cold showers (which felt surprisingly good after our hike), Will and I opened this wine we bought at Costco. We couldn't pass it up. It was worth every penny of the $20 it cost us; in fact, we're going to buy it again! Fabulous!






Will wanted to grill steaks with blue cheese for his big dinner, and they were amazing. We also grilled potatoes and onions and made really good salads. Our wine was perfect with this meal!








After dinner, the kids played while Will and I talked about what a great purchase this trailer was. And it might as well have been Mother's Day too with of all this love I was getting.





Will loved his Gap clothes (the kids and I loaded him up with shorts and shirts for summer) and all of his cards. It was fun to have a little party in our new trailer.





We ended our World's Best Dad celebration with a campfire and marshmallows to roast. The kids found some really wild roasting sticks on our hike!

People in High Places

We were in San Diego a couple of weeks ago, and I had a Nordstrom gift card burning a hole in my handbag. I was delighted to find out Nordstrom's Half Yearly Sale was on! Instantly, Sullivan and I hit the shoe racks (where I found 2 fabulous pairs, for the price of one!)... and my girl was as excited as I was to play with shoes. She was all over the floor, and she appeared to be in the way of an attractive older woman. I apologized and started to move her when she said, "Oh my goodness... you are beautiful; do you want to be in movies?" (To Sullivan, not to me ;)) She said, "I'm the mayor of my town, and I can make things happen." When I asked her what town she was mayor of, she replied, "Beverly Hills." She fished around in her purse for her card and handed it to me saying to Sullivan, "Call me when you're out of diapers, Honey, and I'll make sure you're in movies." See, Sullivan, there's yet another reason to hurry up and be potty trained!!! :)