Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend at the Lake

After Aunt June's we headed to my parent's lakehouse. The girls are playing house in the bedroom. Alyssa is wrapping up the baby on the bed, and Emma is dancing around with what I think is a back scratcher.


We went hiking and exploring in the ravine next to the house. I encouraged the girls to wear hats and long pants to avoid deer ticks getting in their hair, and poison ivy on their skin.


Alyssa walking on a fallen tree trunk across the ravine.


Emma scaling a fallen trunk.


Now it's Grandma and Grandpa's turn to cross a different log. Alyssa and Emma have already made it to the other side, they are the two tiny dots right behind the area of sunshine.


Exploring with Grandma.


Bekah and I in the middle of a trunk crossing.


When I found a really sturdy log, I couldn't resist doing a split jump. If only the balance beam had been that wide!!


Ka'iulani copied off Daddy and found a perfect walking stick.


A and E climbing the log so they could head up the hill and back to the house.


Cooling off in the pool...Swinging baby for a take off!


Way up high "around the world."


Splash Down! Big smile.


Emma playing in the pool.


Alyssa swimming under the water. In the only picture I have of her above water she's wiping water out of her eyes, so I guess this is the best one.


Hanging onto Grandma's hand having fun.


Warming up in a towel.


Trying to teach a giggling Em how to do a pullover.


Climbing the high bar...


...The next phase of the climb. She makes my mom a little nervous when she does this.


A on the slide. The bigger kids had poured a bunch of water down the slide, making it very slippery.


On the Merry go Round.


Because hanging from stationary objects got a little too easy, she had to try hanging upside down from a moving merry go round :) Never a dull moment!


Always wanting to help ~ she washed down Grandpa's quad for him. He told her it had never looked so clean since it was brand new!


Roasting marshmallows with Daddy.


Covering her eyes because she doesn't like fire, no matter how controlled it is.


Silly girl warming her bottom.


Smiling in the living room. The girls can't wait to go back over the summer! Emma was already talking about how she is going to stay for 5 days.

2 comments:

KmCaCFamilyof5 said...

Looks like a fun trip! Emma sure is a monkey! that girl would be a good gymnast. No Fear!! Nice split jump too!

jessica said...

She would LOVE to be a gymnast, and I'm almost sure she'll take her first class this summer (she's been asking for a while).
Thanks for the compliment on my leap, they're not quite what they used to be, but it's still fun to play every now and then :)