Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Camping at Pine Grove over Labor Day


Ellie is always trying to run away from the camera.


Ellie helping Nate swing in the hammock. However, Nate didn't really want the help.


Getting cozy in the hammock. At one point we thought they would both fall asleep.


Playing dominoes in Oma and Opa's camper. Their version of dominoes is played by pretending the dominoes are people. The dominoes even took showers.


Nate is our expert marshmallow roaster.


Playing baseball.


Oma and Ellie eating corn that the neighbors gave to us.


Nate got a lot of use out of his bike this weekend. He rode around a lot with Brayden, the boy from the camp site next to us.


Waiting out the rain. The entertainment was watching the water drip off the awning into bowls and waiting for the bowls to overflow.


There were six kids in the campsites next to us that were about Nate's age. Nate is fishing with Taylor. Ellie is checking out worms with Lauren, Ellie, and Andy. Grace is not in the picture.


Ellie checking out the worms. She did actually touch one.


Ellie helping Oma making cottage cheese salad.


Nate hanging out in Oma and Opa's camper.


Smile!


Self portraits.


Ellie loves to wash her hands in the dish water.


Nate really enjoyed flying his kite.


Reading a Holland guidebook with Opa and Oma.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

More Lynx Lake


Playing baseball and frisbee. Ellie purposely pulled down her hat so I couldn't take a good picture of her.


Playing in Erin's tent while it rained.


The wall and steps were a source of lots of entertainment.


Eating lunch while it wasn't raining.


We go around and around.


Planting a flower they picked in a piece of styrofoam from Eric's lantern.


Ellie's tired.


Who needs toys? We had an empty soda can to fill with dirt, and umbrellas as pretend babies.


Throwing rocks into the lake.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Lynx Lake

Here are a few highlights from our day trip to Lynx Lake to visit Eric for his birthday.






Monday, August 18, 2008

Kite Flying

We had bought some kites on clearance and Nate has been wanting to try them out. Nate's is Cars and Ellie's is Cinderella. There was a little bit of a breeze this afternoon so we went outside despite the temperature to try them out.


Ellie enjoyed running with her kite. Daddy ended up flying Nate's kite more often than Nate.


They almost collided while running with their kites.


Nate eventually tried out his kite and got it up in the air a couple of times. Then we got too hot and went back inside.

Visit with Brent, Maria, and Cecilia

We went down to Casa Grande to see our good friends Brent, Maria, and Cecilia. We got to see their new house and had a great time catching up with them after two years.


Ellie and Cecilia loved reading together.


Playing bubbles in the backyard.



Splash!


Playing in the fountain at Tempe Marketplace. Ellie wasn't so sure about getting wet but loved trying to catch the water. Nate was soaked!


Trying to drink the water. Yuck!


Not very happy that they had to stop playing in the fountain.