Trip to EDH

This last week Lilly and I took a quick trip down to El Dorado Hills to visit Grammy and Grandad, Katie and Leia and some other friends and family. It was fun!

Lilly riding her horsey:

After visiting with Sue and Ben in the morning:

Tired after lunch with Aunt Cindy and Amy:

Fun Day at Seaside!

Today we spent the day at Seaside with Molly, Keith and Grady. We met them at Camp 18 along Highway  26 for breakfast and then made our way to Seaside. It was chillier than we planned, but still a lot of fun!

Lilly climbing the wood carving at Camp 18:

The carousel was pretty much a giant fail. Grady didn't want to be strapped in so didn't ride and Lilly cried the whole time. We will need to wait a few years before trying that again!

They did however, enjoy the arcade :)

Doing the tourist thing - riding a surrey.

It was more fun than you would think!

Headed down to the beach for some windy sand play:

She kept crawling and laying in the sand! We will be cleaning it out of her for days!

Sand in the face.

Summer Fun

Several weeks ago we went to the Oregon zoo with Mom and Dad on a Sunday afternoon. When we went the weather was fine but by the end (about 2 hours later) it was absolutely pouring and we had to RUN to the car and we were all soaked! It was fun though and we managed to see everything before we had to make our escape!

I love these pictures of Lilly. She is getting so big!

There is a water park downtown that I have taken Lilly to a couple times. Ryan and I took her on one of the few warm afternoons we have had this summer. It was so crowded!

How's that for a close up?!?

The water periodically comes out of these rocks so Lilly ran over there every time.

Celebrating my (21st) birthday last week :) The following weekend we celebrated Mom's (40th)!

Lilly and Grandad hanging out outside while we were BBQing.

Church Camp

The week of 4th of July Ryan and I served at our church's 4th & 5th grade camp for the second time. We were much better prepared this year and things went much smoother! We were coaches so we didn't sleep in the cabins with the kids like counselors but we were with them practically every waking moment of the day. It was amazing to see these little hearts open up to the Lord and receive His words through us. I think we learned just as much from them as they did from us! We didn't have time to take a lot of pictures, but here are a few. (Oh, and Lilly had a great time with her Grammy and Grandad all week!).

On the bus headed down to camp:

Ryan "marching" our kids around the field:

One of our counselors going down the water slide with a jumpsuit full of water balloons!

One of our table of girls (we had two):

Ryan and the guys:

Our whole team (18 kids, 5 counselors and Ryan and me):

Our awesome hideout that Ryan put together. The kids loved it! There is where we had team time for lessons and where the kids had quiet time to read their Bibles.

Every night all the coaches went up on stage and presented awards to their camper of the day.

Me and two of my little girls that were in our Sunday school class last year: