Marley wanted to walk up the 1.1 miles all by herself, but fortunately slept the whole way down. I doubled the hike because I had to climb over as many rocks as I could & I would run up ahead & then run back the whole way up.

Aung Lis, Uncle Ry, Hendrix & Marley came to Estes Park & Mom & I decided to go meet them. We had reserved a campsite for a night. We got up there, got our tent set up & a big thunderstorm came through. Lis, Ry & Hendrix were coming to meet us at our sight…

We filled a ton of water balloons (thanks Aunt Sara) & threw them at the garage. We loved it! We then headed to the mall to stop at the lego store & a stop for frozen yogurt & then to the hospital so Mom & Dad & Lauren could meet baby Lucas.

We did a lot of fun things with Lauren. We went to see Cats & Dogs 2, had lunch, went to the Museum of Nature & Science & saw the pirate exhibit one last time, & then headed to the zoo before coming home to watch a movie & have a sleepover!! it was a…

We have enjoyed having Lauren around while Aunt Sara was in the hospital bringing our new baby cousin, Lucas, into the world!!

Hendrix & I decided it would be a good idea to pitch the pears that we helped Papa clean up from his yard. We had a ton of fun in Iowa playing with our cousins. It was jam packed with all kinds of activities!

Here are some of the bikes coming in to town. It got crazy crowded by the end of the day. The other picture is Papa & Gunga’s backyard. There were literally tents all over town. All of the parks were covered with tents, backyards, school yards. It was amazing to see. Crazy painted buses everywhere,…

The last day we were in town, RAGBRAI rode through. We drove over to Aunt Annie’s & walked downtown to see the bikes coming in. We were there a little too early, but still got to see quite a few bikes. There were vendors set up all over town & we stopped for some fresh…

One of the best parts about Boone was going to the pool. We went to the pool most days we were there in the afternoon. I decided I wanted to go down the slide, but I was not tall enough. Mom told me to ask the lifeguard what I would have to do to be…

I played on the piano a bunch while we were in Iowa. I made up my own songs & Mom thought it was pretty cool.