Baby's first camping trip

Confession...this trip may have happened 3 weeks ago, but hey, I'm busy and just now getting around to the pictures. We had been wanting to go camping all summer long, but it just didn't happen. Right before school started back up for me, we finally went as a closure to the summer. We decided to go to Lost Lake and now we know why it's called that...because it's really freaking far away. But it is beautiful and so worth the drive!

I took this from the car window on the way up.

 They have this awesome sasquatch at the general store. 

 See? Huge, right? And she balanced up there all by herself. Good baby...

 Now, let's play a game called "where's Shelby?" See her?

 We hiked the 3.2 mile loop around the lake both days. It was beautiful!

 Rolling out of bed.

 We realized that this was probably Tillie's first exposure to fire. She was mesmerized.

 No more pics mom!

 I think we finally wore her out:)

 Our favorite camping specialty...hobo dinners! He's so proud:)

 Brett woke up before the sun the day that we left and went on a super steep hike to see this view at sunrise. He says it was worth it. I stayed in bed:)

I say Baby's first camping trip was a success!

Welcome to Paradise

One of my favorite philosophers, the great Willy Wonka, says that if you want to view paradise, you simply look around and view it. This blog will be just that. We are a family of four (Mom, Dad, babe and border collie) slowing down to notice the beauty all around us. If you think this will mostly consist of pictures of the cutest baby in the world and our furry beast, then...you are correct. (said in Billy Madison's creepy voice, keep your clothes on people).

We love to do things around our house, so we may share some DIY things, crafts, new recipes and the like. Mostly, we want to capture all the moments that may go forgotten if they aren't written down. And let's face it, there just is not enough room in the scrapbook. My only follower may be my mother-in-law, "Hi Mopsy!" and that is ok:) This is by us and for us, but if you want to read along, we would love to have you! WARNING: There will probably be a lot of these :) :) :) and some of these!!! I will try to keep the LOL's to a minimum.

There you have it. Our first blog post. I say "our" as if Brett is in on this, but he is sleeping on the floor next to me and probably won't ever write a post at all. I will leave you with a pic of this cutie patootie who turned 8 months 2 days ago.