just a little glimpse of how a day at the beach with alana looks...

last beach trip of the summer...

there's no stopping her now...

here's alana taking a few steps (11 months)...of course right after i took this video and put the camera away, she took like 10 steps! haha!! :)

alana 11 months old!

i really, really, really CANNOT believe that this baby will be 1 next month! better start party planning!!!

Idyllwild, CA camping trip...

last weekend we went camping with derek's parents, grandma & kim & her family. it was a lot of fun but...i've said it before and i'll say it again, i'm a 1 night camping kinda girl. i enjoy all of the activities, sleeping in a tent is nice (especially when all 3 kids actually sleep well...i guess 2 out of 3 isn't too bad) and it's nice getting away to nice fresh mountain air. i'm just always totally done by day 2...ready to get home to my shower and my big bed. so, that's what we did...met them up there saturday afternoon, stayed the night and came back sunday. the girls had a blast. here are some pics of the stuff we did up there in Idyllwild...
we went to the cute little town and walked around, got some shave ice...
alana's first time having shave ice...yep, she loved it! duh.
got a cute pic of leia checking out a monarch butterfly...
having some hot cocoa...
getting nice and dirty!
on our way to see the mama and baby horse..they ALL loved the horses, including naner's...
they loved this little 6 month old horse...darcy! so sweet.
she was very well fed by the time they were done! :)
here's kim & caleb with mama & baby horsey's...
gotta get a family pic...
they loved collecting stuff...like these huge pine cones and kaia and leia both had a big cup full of acorns... that kept 'em busy for a while :)
whoa...that's a tall tree! ;)
had to go to the pool for a bath...i mean dip before we left. haha!

thanks kim for taking this group pic...
and 1 last shot at a scenic lookout on the way back down the mountain!

it was a great weekend!

SLO...we missed ya!