A quick skip ahead to our first Yosemite camping trip! We went with Avery and Katie, and their two kids, Selah (2 years) and Sebestian (6 months). Apparently they had heavy rainfalls this year in the valley, so there were an abundance of waterfalls everywhere. It was too early for tourist season, so we scored two beautiful, uncrowded days and bundled up for a chilly third one as we were leaving. We stayed in the housekeeping cabins and had the three kids, stacked in their pack-and-play cribs, one next to another each night. It was a beautiful thing, almost as amazing as the Great Yosemite Falls or Half Dome itself, to see two infants and a toddler deep asleep all night within three feet of one another. Next trip we have to get a picture.
Each morning we had a great breakfast and then enjoyed hiking and exploring the valley floor. I got to go on a couple of great runs early in the morning and was constantly in awe of the dramatic scenery. There was still snow capping the mountain tops and the vertical cliff faces plummeted down to meet the dark pines. The valley meadows were bright with fresh growth and the river was a clear, deep, green. I loved it so much that I insisted we make reservations to come back in September.
Our little family.
Yosemite Falls
Mirror Lake
Family Hike! (Avery and Katie, and crew, not pictured)
We borrowed a warm onesie for sleeping from my good friend. It saved us since it got down below 40 at night. We tried to emphasize that it was a very manly pink color.
(Does anyone know how to rotate pictures? Should I have done it before posting?)
Some guys just have the confidence to pull it off.
3 comments:
Love the pink ;) Such fun memories! -Rhiannon
Wow....I've never been to Yosemite, so your pictures make me realize that we've really been missing out! And what a cutie Josiah is....Pink just might be one of his colors. :-) ~Aunt Karen~
I love looking at your sweet family pictures. Dad and I first checked them out while in Rothenburg and tonight I had to treat myself to looking at your blog again. How fun to now be in Munich and still able to see the three of you! It helps to shrink the miles between us. I literally laugh out loud each time at the "gag sequence" pictures!
Much love to you from Germany! Mom/Grandma and Dad/Grandpa, too.
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