Kaya LOVES to smell flowers. She buries her entire face in them; I am excited for spring so we can go to the campus gardens and she can see all of the pretty flowers. (We had snow last week....spring starts when summer should be starting)
I put her container of crackers on the chair so she could reach them better, and she immediately went to get her little red chair and placed it in this convenient spot for snacking; she loves that chair and carries it all over the house.
Drinking out of Grandpa's water bottle; an impressive feat since it is basically as big as her entire body. :)
Trying to get her hands on whatever she can. The dishwasher is so full of interesting things.
Cooking with Grandpa is the best!
Talking to Aunt Kimberly on the phone. She was sad when I finally had to take the phone away from her.
She really enjoyed going down the slide. Now, anytime she sees a slide, she says "Whoaaaaa", the sound she also makes when she goes on the slide.
At the park with Grandpa.
Looking cute in her little sweater.
She also enjoyed the little chair at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
She loves being outside, so even when she wasn't, she would lay by the sliding glass door and look outside.
Sitting on a container of pasta and reading a book.
She discovered that the container of pasta was just the right size for her to sit on.
Climbing our bed.
For some reason, every time she comes in our room, she runs over to the bookshelf and pulls off this book (it is the same one every time) and stands on it. I don't know why she does it, but it makes me laugh every time.
Crazy baby!
Yes, she is wearing baby bloomers on her head like a hat. She likes to put clothes on, although she has not yet figured out where each item goes. Thank you Cheryl for the cute dress. :)
Chris and his friend Matt hiked Table Rock last weekend, and since it would be a shame not to document this extremely manly excursion, I am posting pictures for all to see. They are in no particular order, but I'll explain a few. There are a couple of Matt on the trail (since Chris was taking all of the pictures with his camera, most of them are of Matt) and I put these in so you could get an idea of exactly how steep the trail was. Chris said that they climbed straight up the mountainside and he felt like he was on an endless stairstepper machine. The views of the Tetons were amazing, and I think that despite the fact that he was unable to walk for the next couple of days, he was glad he went. You might be wondering why they are carrying 40lb backpacks when they are only going on a day hike? Yes, I asked the same question. I told Chris that he was going to seriously regret taking such an unnecessarily large pack, but he insisted that it was all important gear and they had to have it. After he returned from the hike he informed me that they only ended up using the camera, one water bottle, and a few snacks. Apparently they could have survived with one ten pound pack instead of 80 pounds between them. BUT.....the fact that they were manly enough to hike with those packs should not be dismissed, as Chris has continually reminded me. They weren't able to hike to the top because the snow became increasingly deep, and since everyone coming back down was wearing ice climbing gear, they decided not to risk the rest of the hike, which I am glad about. All in all, they pushed themselves a lot, there were spectacular views, and nobody got eaten by a bear. Success!
