Sleep in Yosemite?

After two restless nights, I finally went down for a good nap on the way to the lake.

This is one of mom's many tried techniques. They pushed me around the campground until I passed out. Mom bundled me up well. My hands look funny because I'm wearing her gloves.

I woke up a few hours later.

Is it a bear? Sasquatch? No, this is me at 3am. I'm all bundled up and telling mom and dad what I think about sleeping in Yosemite. Scary.

Kayaking

Daddy tried to take me kayaking, but I was scared to death. It looks pretty. It looks fun...but you should have heard me scream.

Uncle Mike had to come out and save me, cause I was ready to jump ship.

Here's me telling daddy to never do that again!

Fun Times with Friends

I enjoyed hanging out with Owen and feeding him dirty Cheerios.


Kate, Ella and I had tea and cookies for our morning snack.

It was marvelous!

The older girls played a little dress up with me. Do I look like an American Girl doll?

Good Eating

Morning OatMEAL!

The wilderness can really bring out one's appetite.

At the River

Daddy was collecting rocks for me to throw in the river.

Ella was showing me a big rock that she picked up.

2007 Yosemite Family Photo.

KUMQUATS

I love eating Kumquats when I go to Lola and Opa's house. Here's Opa showing me his best fruits.

The picking process.

The eating process...

The sour face.

Uncle Henry

It was also Uncle Henry's Birthday last week. It was nice to see him and celebrate with GOOD FOOD!

Mommy's Last Birthday

Mommy had her 29th Birthday and she said that it was her last. She sure had a lot more candles than I count.
Mommy says I'm growing up too fast as well. I stoped calling her "Mama", it sounded too much like baby talk.

Updated BABY Picture

Here's Baby Jacob!

My friend Mikayla spent the night the other night and mom forgot to tell you about it. We have a hard time taking good pictures together, the jealous looks never turn out well. We actually get along great, just not when she has one of MY TOYS. Here's a picture of Aunt Kelly, Mikayla and baby boy (still in the belly). Baby Jacob was born the day after this picture was taken.

Relaxing Sunday

I had a lot of fun at my new friend Morgan's house. We played in her brother's big waterslide and ate lots of yummy food.

July 4th

We had a nice Forth of July. We went to LA and had breakfast with Aunt Tanya, Uncle Pat and Uncle Henry and then in the evening we went to Ella's for an exciting celebration. We went swiming, made homemade ice-cream and then something went terribly wrong...LOUD BANGS. I was so scared, mom and I stayed in the house and we played with Ella's nice princess toys; while daddy went outside and played with the big kids.

These are some pictures of Ella sharing her ice-cream with me. Yum!

Sharing

Pre-picture: "Violet, share with Owen"...

We had a fun celebration at Ella and Owen's house. Ella's always been like a big sister to me, so here's a picture of me helping out her baby bother. We had fun eating Cheerios together, since he can't quite get them in his mouth, I helped him.

This Little Piggy

Our moms took Mikayla and I to the zoo to see the little piggies, but there were only big, fat ones.












Here Mikayla's telling me that "it's fake".


We all enjoyed seeing the goats, sheep and monkeys too.