Sunday, July 24, 2011

First Camping Trip

We finally took the girls camping this summer, it was a blast!  They played in the dirt, went fishing, roasted marshmallows for smores, rode their bikes and slept in the tent! 






 We were lucky to be able to go with a big group of neighbors, so there was lots of kids for the girls to play with and they could ride their bikes around the loop for hours!


 Isabella was cracking me up trying to toast her marshmallow from so far away. She was there forever and ended up getting mad because she didn't want any help ("I can do it MYSELF!"), she didn't want to move, and she wanted it black!
 ....Still waiting for that marshmallow to cook! Notice the pout :)
 She finally gave in and let us help her, yum! Fresh gooey smores!
We were so happy that the girls loved camping.  They weren't scared to go into the tents at night, so we got to spend some time together by the fire :) Such good girls, we can't wait to take them camping again next summer!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Montana

We took a road trip to Butte in July to be with my family after Papa Gustav Stolz passed away on June 25.  I will be honest, I was pretty stressed about taking the girls on the 12-13 hour drive to Butte, but the car ride turned out to be a breeze and it really was amazing to spend time with everybody and remember what a truly AMAZING man my Papa was.  Our time spent with Papa was a blessing.  We will miss you Papa!









My dad's blog has more pictures from our trip and of Papa :
More Montana Pictures
In Remembrance

Monday, July 4, 2011

Fountains on the 4th of July

We had a very mellow 4th of July celebration, in fact it was extremely mellow compared to our usual celebrations.  But sometimes smaller is better, and especially if you ask Sophie and Bella, the beautiful quiet fireworks are much better than the giant explosions that hurt your ears! Let's hear it for snakes, smoke bombs, sparklers and fountains!!

 ...Okay, don't tell anybody, but it was my favorite 4th of July in awhile too, I think I just might prefer fountains to sparker bombs and artillary shells these days :)