Busy Summer Months

It seems that we've been on the go non-stop since the end of May.

From our road trip, to Braden's busy work schedule - here and away - to family visiting, we've been having a great, albeit busy summer. 

Lake Tahoe with the family.

 At the end of June we celebrated a few birthdays and our 4th anniversary.

Lynden's showing a real love for homemade cheesecake.

We even made it out for a rare date night, thanks to Pop & Mimi being in town. 

A trip to Dorinda's Chocolates in Reno meant our first experience watching handmade 

Thai rolled ice cream - not to mention tasting it!

 Plus water and park play with a very special Auntie.

 And maybe just one of these days 

(hopefully in the next 5 weeks before Baby III joins the family)

 our little Lynden will decide to walk - but not yet!

Busy Summer Months

It seems that we've been on the go non-stop since the end of May.

From our road trip, to Braden's busy work schedule - here and away - to family visiting, we've been having a great, albeit busy summer. 

Lake Tahoe with the family.

 At the end of June we celebrated a few birthdays and our 4th anniversary.

Lynden's showing a real love for homemade cheesecake.

We even made it out for a rare date night, thanks to Pop & Mimi being in town. 

A trip to Dorinda's Chocolates in Reno meant our first experience watching handmade 

Thai rolled ice cream - not to mention tasting it!

 Plus water and park play with a very special Auntie.

 And maybe just one of these days 

(hopefully in the next 5 weeks before Baby III joins the family)

 our little Lynden will decide to walk - but not yet!

Busy Summer Months

It seems that we've been on the go non-stop since the end of May.

From our road trip, to Braden's busy work schedule - here and away - to family visiting, we've been having a great, albeit busy summer. 

Lake Tahoe with the family.

 At the end of June we celebrated a few birthdays and our 4th anniversary.

Lynden's showing a real love for homemade cheesecake.

We even made it out for a rare date night, thanks to Pop & Mimi being in town. 

A trip to Dorinda's Chocolates in Reno meant our first experience watching handmade 

Thai rolled ice cream - not to mention tasting it!

 Plus water and park play with a very special Auntie.

 And maybe just one of these days 

(hopefully in the next 5 weeks before Baby III joins the family)

 our little Lynden will decide to walk - but not yet!

Yosemite

On Monday we made the trek over to Yosemite.

Talk about beauty!

Our picnic lunch spot was next to a cool river.

And happened to have a stunning view of El Capitan.

Friendly ducks too.

Much better than the Canadian Geese we encountered at Lake Tahoe last weekend.

 This fella wasn't crazy about 8+ hours in the car.

Half Dome

Love these two. 

Yosemite Falls

The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Psalm 19:1

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My Latest Project

Sometimes it takes having my hubby out of town for a 

few weeks to motivate me to get started on a new project. 

Especially something as time consuming as a new quilt.

So, with quiet evenings, minimal meal prep, and clean up, 

I got to work on Lynden's new big boy bed quilt.

From cutting and piecing to assembling - it went pretty quickly.

Especially thanks to my beautiful new Bernina sewing machine.

Happy birthday to me from my sweet in-laws!

Now all that's left is the actual quilting.

But first I need to decide on a fabric for the back. 

I'll be sure to show off the finished product once it's complete.

But with my honey back home and family coming into town this weekend, 

I think it'll take a back seat.

How else do we entertain ourselves on these sunny summer days?

Daily walks.

See?

There's my baby bump!

We're always keeping an eye out for lizards, rabbits, and 

any other fun desert creatures we might encounter.

Here's a little lizard friend. 

You could see exactly where his tail had come off and was regrowing.

How's that for a natural science lesson?

 And these two cuties just can't get enough playtime with each other.

So thankful for brothers who are best buds. 

It always helps to cool off with popsicles too!

Summer Reading

One of our favourite things to do over the summer is spend more time at the library. 

It helps that we have a great summer program with reading incentives and special events.

Last week we got to enjoy seeing and learning about a lot of different
wild animals native to this area - plus a few other exciting creatures.

Ryder wasn't sure if he wanted to look at the rattle snake, 

but the golden eagle, iguana, monkey, and opossum were all very exciting!

He was even brave enough to touch the 3ft tail of the iguana after the presentation.

Of course we always leave with a stack of new and interesting books - most involving animals.

And for those of you waiting on another baby bump picture, 

here's Baby #3 getting his story time in too.