Over Memorial Day Weekend we went camping with Meg, Brian, Shannon & Magnolia, and Mike up at Eric's family's property in Glacier. It was super fun! The last time we went camping was last August, at Osoyoos, when Keely was three months old. Ironically, Maggie is 3 months old for what I believe was her first camping too! Keely did great, walking was a bit more challenging on the uneven terrain, but she loved exploring everything. I had designs on keeping her in the pack n'play, but she would have none of it. Instead she toddled around and picked grass and enjoyed getting licked by Trudy and Otis (the Rush's dogs). It was beautiful and warm--so enjoyable!
We had foil dinners (of course) and roasted marshmallows. I love being around a fire and watching the dancing flames.
On Sunday morning we headed to Mount Baker Highway to watch the road bike portion of Ski to Sea. Some of our favorites in goofy costumes included a moose head, "full denim", and Chewbacca--man he must have been hot! 
Unfortunately Sunday night it started thundering with lightning so we packed up early and headed to Milano's, a great Italian restaurant in Glacier, before heading home. It was a great, restful weekend!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Yay Camping
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Big 0-1!!
We celebrated Keely's first birthday this past weekend with a great barbeque and lots of friends!! It was a beautiful weekend and the deck looked great after Eric powerwashed it (we have to wait till it's hot to restain it) and added a step all the way around with considerable help from Ron, ElRae, Steve, & Kathryn (thanks for the great Mother's Day gift/project!). It was a beautiful weekend, the first sunshine and 70+ degree temps!!
We had a family dinner Saturday (her actual birthday) and she enjoyed digging in to her pumpkin apple spice cake. Mostly she liked playing with the fresh whipped cream on top, but once I showed her how to tear off a piece of cake she loved it! 
Sunday folks came over for a yummy barbeque. It was so much fun to have so many friends and kiddos over and enjoy the sunshine and yard. Keely enjoyed a reprise of her cake and my ladybug cupcakes turned out pretty cute. She didn't quite get into opening presents, but there was one that will be coming in November...a new sibling! We'd hoped to tell everyone in person, but given that it was spreading in cyperworld, I wanted to get a post out! But shh..our workplaces still don't know, so publicly it's a bit on the downlow...
I wish we took more photos!!
