The three women in my life

This is why I am happy!

I love Nora's face in this one.

Backyard pool party!

Some of you may remember back when Grandpa and Grandma Adams used to live here. There was this awesome pool in the backyard that supposedly "broke" so Grandpa filled it in and planted sod. Now we are stuck with a plot of grass that has no drainage and moves if it gets too much water. So a few weeks ago Leisha got a little pool for Emma (to put over where the old pool was...) and I decided we needed some patio furniture to sit on. So we decked out the backyard and had a little pool party for Emma. She of course loved it and would have stayed out all day until she was golden brown like a tator tot...

She didn't like to walk on the hot cement, so she took it as a personal responsibilty to wet the cement so she could move around more freely.

Leisha of course desperately needed some sun...don't look at the picture too long as you might go blind!

Emma had a great time and we didn't have to pay to get in the public pool and deal with the massive hordes of people.

Backyard pool party 2

Leisha decided that it would be a good time to give Emma a lollipop because we could just hose her down when she was done...

Leisha of course wanted some too...

But Emma quickly took over...

...and now you can see why we gave it to her outside and with lots of water handy...

Nora also made an appearance at the very end...

Richard's hiking trip to Necklace Valley

I just thought I would throw up a few pictures from a hiking trip I did at the end of July. I went with my cousin Brett and Frank Norris (from our ward). It has become a kind of tradition now I think to get one last hoorah in before budding. So this year we went to Necklace Valley just south of Skykomish WA. It was really beautiful. The first 5 miles were a breeze. The last 3 miles were pure punishment. It was literally 3 miles straight up with no end in sight until you finally walk out to the Alpine Lakes.

There were 6 lakes within a close proximity to each other. We stayed at Emerald lake, and were within 15 minutes of Jade lake, Opal lake, Illswoot lake, Al's lake (below)...

...and Locket lake. The views were amazing and each lake had its own unique color.

The only bad parts were the mosquitoes and inclines like the one below!

Emma's Dance Dance Revolution!

So these were just some cute pictures of Emma dancing a few weeks ago that we thought were super cute and failed to post. So enjoy!