June 13th-18th, 2012
Annual Yosemite Trip!
So some may say we are a little crazy going to Yosemite and camping for a week with a 7 week old. It wasn't too bad since we had my Mom's motor home for backup if the tent wasn't quite working out. Lincoln was really great the whole trip. He loves to be outside and loved that everyone wanted to hold him which I happily obliged.
We celebrated Father's Day in Yosemite. As you can see my Dad is wearing several ties that we all drew for him for Father's Day.
Unfortunately, I did not do a very good job celebrating it for Sheehan. I didn't plan ahead and with limited resources while camping he just got a, "Well, Hey. Happy 1st Father's Day! Here's your kid." We will make up for it in the years to come.
We didn't do a whole lot of hiking this year.
All the babies are slowing us down a little but it was nice to actually just relax at the campsite this year.
Papi, Gigi, and Lincoln
I love this baby carrier. It was so nice to have it while there in Yosemite. He is passed out in this picture.
The whole week was really great and it was so fun to spend time with family and friends. We had to keep up the tradition and bring the baby. We didn't make a decision to go until a couple days before. We figured Lincoln has been healthy and I didn't work anymore and Sheehan is not working because he has been studying for his Home Inspecting Course so we can just get up and go. And that we did. We all piled in Devin's little Elantra. We got there on $70.00 in gas. We even paid over $5.00/gallon at one point! The cramped drive was worth the savings in gas.
We did art again this year but since we had our friend Sandy Bethke with us we decided to do our own art class this year. Sandy decided we should do the LeConte Memorial Building. We all thought it looked like Hagrid's hut from Harry Potter. It was a new spot and we all enjoyed our very own family art class this year. We were such a large group that people were stopping thinking we were real artists...Then they saw the state of our paintings.
We took this group picture right before Lys left. We were all having some allergy problems and ready to go. We left a little bit earlier than we were expecting because Lincoln was having a hard time with all of the smoke in the air from campfires.
The park was really dry this year but we were still able to go rafting. My Mom watched Lincoln while Sheehan and I rafted down the river together. I didn't paddle at all. I let Sheehan do all the work. We beached a couple of times cause the water was so low. So Sheehan got out with the water at his ankles and dragged me in the raft to deeper water. True love.
Here is Aaron, Devin, Sheehan, and Jeff doing their man challenge. They challenged each other to swim out to this log on the other side of the river. The water was freezing but it actually felt pretty good since it was SO HOT! I dipped my toes in a little but there was no way I was going in any further.
Lincoln loved being held by Papi.
We can't wait until next year!
