Carpinteria in August

Awww, camping at the beach.

 

 One sleepy Teresa

 Michelle and Rob came out for the day.  It was nice to see them and have them join us for the fun!

 Playing with the dirt with Brooke

camping September 2013

My sister and Corie recently got their own motorhomes.  So, we had to all go camping together!  It was a fun time together. 

We had to rent a golf cart one day, which was fun.

 The cousins had a great time camping together.  Little Lincoln was so much fun!

 Mary did zip lining all by herself.  She loved it.  Teresa went with mom and did NOT like it.  She's like her mommy, who does not like it either.

 Matt took Lincoln down on it.  Lincoln was very upset when they took the harness off him and he did not get to go again. 

It was a fun trip together.  Many more to come!

Becoming a Brownie

Mary has bridged over to become a Brownie in Girl Scouts! 

The ceremony the leaders did was adorable. 

First they walked through a rainbow of balloons.

 

 Then a little passage was read about how they become a brownie.

 Then they change out of their Daisy vest into their Brownie vest.

 Then they get their official certificate

 And become and official Brownie!!!

 Here are all seven girls in the troop.  So much fun!!

Luau

My grandparents live in an assisted living home.  They put on a luau for all the families.  It was a fun time.  They really did it up.  Grandma even still had her Hawaiian moo-moo. 

 

 Mary was excited to have the little umbrellas. 

Both the girls were very fascinated by the hula dancers. 

 We love our grandma and grandpa ('great' to the kids)

Toffee

Mary has a class bunny, named Toffee.  We got to take Toffee home a couple weekends ago.  It was a lot of fun.  He is a very well behaved bunny.  He and Syrah even got along.