Amara visits the pumpkin patch

On top of Sand Mountain

We hiked a big sand dune to the top where there were views out in both directions, then we RAN all the way down, giggling the whole way! Such fun.

On the beach!

We spent several hours in Pacific City, playing in the waves and watching this seal pup that was resting on shore.

Higher Auntie Colleen!

We had a sleepover at Auntie Colleen's in Corvallis. Sadly, we managed to spend almost 24 hours there and somehow left without a picture of Colleen. Sorry! But Amara had a blast and especially enjoyed the seesaw. We loved Colleen's house and her beautiful garden and tried to eat all the purple grapes off the vine...sorry Uncle Ian :-)

Thanks!

Amara doing a dance at the capital of Beaver Nation

Thanks Grandma!!

Hey, look at me!

Picassita?

Sadly, we have no pictures of our trip last weekend to San Francisco to see Amara's cousins and several of my business school friends, but we had a great time! Amara is anxious to go back to her cousin's house so we'll need to plan another trip sometime soon :-)

Here she is the weekend before...

Eat this? Really?

Just kidding...Amara feeds the pelicans at Liberty Park.

Paddle faster Mommy!

Amara steered us around the lake...that is, around and around and around in circles on the lake. Nonetheless we made it under a bridge and around a little island in the pond at Liberty Park.

Junior Captain Amara

...got to sit in the heavy rescue fire truck. And yesterday at the street fair, she got to go inside an ambulance. Quite the weekend for service vehicles.

A Weekend in Yellowstone

Here are a smorgasbord of pictures from our weekend in Yellowstone. I think I had under-appreciated what a great park it is...or perhaps I'm unwilling to admit its just been too many years since I was last there. I'm happy to report we didn't see any bear, but we did see bison, elk, deer, bighorn sheep and a marmot, as well as lots of geysers and bubbling pots of mud. We all had a good time.

We went up to Alta with Beth to see the "Flower Boom"!

See how the flower is reflected in Amara's glasses?