waiting for me to catch up

good thing ryan has a blackberry

another hike

this hike totally kicked my trash. i'm going to blame it on the fact that i was using the baby carrier that seth has grown out of and the fact that i wasn't dressed properly, but maybe it's that i'm just not that in shape. shame on me.

this is practically in my backyard. my backyard! how lucky is that?

at the end, ava got an ava-sized gatorade. this pleased her.

we played hooky so we could go here

the dripping rock

woodpecker tree

i always wanted a treehouse. seeing this gave me the exact idea for building one for my kids. and by building one for my kids, i mean i'm going to plan it all out and ryan will do it because he has patience and i have. . .great ideas.