Family Hike

While we were in NH we went on a hike to Cloud Land Falls in the Franconia Notch. My brother, Kris, took along his professional camera and did what he loves to do...he took pictures!
Some of these are edited and some are not. I'm sure he won't appreciate me putting unedited pictures on here under his name, but I think they are great, even without editing sooo, sorry Kris!

These were taken after the hike. New Hampshire was colder than I remember it being in August, so I wore my Moms' jacket most of the time we were there. Emily decided that she was cold and wanted to wear it, so I let her and of course Kris picked up his camera and now I have these adorable pictures!

She was trying to dance in the jacket.

On the drive up to the trai, Kris took pictures of everyone in the car and since Dad was driving and Kris was in the back seat this was what we got of Dad.
I think it's pretty cool looking. It's his reflection in the rear view mirror. (The black spot on his head is where the temperature and direction are shown. I'm sure Kris probably edited that out, but I don't have that one.)

My adorable little girl!

This one is one of my favorites!
Kris didn't want to keep this one because it is slightly fuzzy and he couldn't fix it completely because he didn't shoot it in raw (or something like that) but I told him it was too cute to get rid of, so he kept it just for me! Thanks Kris!

Laura, Emily, and Dad walking up the rocky trail

Becky, Dad, Mom, Emily and Laura on the trail

Once Emily discovered that Kris was the camera man she would give him these funny, cheesy smiles every time he even looked at her. She is too funny!

Mom and Laura

After we stopped to look at a small waterfall Emily wanted to go back to the car because she decided that we were done. She got very upset and started crying, until Grandma told her that once we got to the top and saw the big waterfall we could go back to the car. Emily was still pretty upset and wanted Grandma to carry her up the trail. Grandma told her that she couldn't carry her up because by the time we got close to the top someone might have to push her up the trail. So, Emily decided to push Grandma up the trail right then and there and this is how she did it!

At the small waterfall.
Mom and Becky were trying to get Emily to touch the water.

There were several small waterfalls along the trail.
I think Kris captured them all.

I love how the water looks in these pictures

On the way back down Emily was not happy. She wanted me to carry her all the way down and no one else would do. I had carried her a lot of the way up and I was really tired. Not only that but there were tons of rocks and I was afraid of tripping on some rocks falling down the steeper parts of the trail with her on my shoulders so Dad carried her on his shoulders almost all the way down the mountain. She would only sit still and not cry if I held her hand so this is how we walked almost all the way down the trail.

hmm, she doesn't look to happy here

Looking at something

I love this picture!

Laura, Mom and Dad

At the top!
We could have gone farther but the trail got much steeper and since Emily was being carried on Dad's shoulders we decided against it. We also had a family dinner that we had to get back to.
It was very pretty! I love waterfalls!

Laura, Becky, Mom, Dad and Emily
We were all eating chocolate covered granola bars!

Mom took over the camera here so we could get Kris in the picture.
Laura, Becky, Kris, Dad and Emily

Emily going down the trail on Bapa's shoulders

Emily, Bapa and Mommy

I love how this water looks!

Dad and Kris

This has got to be my one of my favorite pictures of Emily, ever!
I love how it shows off her curls. It is just cute!

On Bapa's shoulders with a not so cheesy smile

I absolutly love this picture too!
I love her hair, her hands and the look on her face
You do an amazing job with a camera Kris!

New Hampshire Trip!

Becky, Emily and I took a spontaneous trip to New Hampshire a couple months ago. We found out on August 11th that my brother Kris was going to be up there for almost 2 weeks starting on August 14th so we decided to go too. We packed up rather quickly the night of the 11th and we left around 10am on the 12th. Not to bad if you ask me! The drive was supposed to take 16 hours so we thought we would get there around 2am on the 13th but with all the construction and traffic problems we didn't get there until 4:30am. Emily did great the entire trip. We really didn't even know she was back there. She just played with her toys and listened to her little musical fish tank thing and slept every now and then. She only went potty when we stopped for gas, which was amazing to me. She got potty trained in April and this was our first long trip with her potty trained so I wasn't sure how it would go, but it was a big success!
When we got to Grandma and Grandpa's (Bapa) house Emily was so excited she wouldn't go back to sleep, so Grandma and Emily started their day at 4:30 in the morning. I am very grateful that Grandma was willing to stay up with her!

Emily eating her Strawberry Frosted Mini Wheats while playing with some cool sunglasses!

Around 10 or 10:30 Emily's early morning caught up with her and she fell asleep on the couch.

She slept for about an hour and a half while the rest of us got ready for the day.

Bapa reading Emily a story before bed.

Uncle Kris reading Emily a story.

These are a little out of order, but oh well. We went for a hike on the 21st to Cloud Land in the Franconia Notch. Emily was all for it at first but she tired out really fast and then all she wanted was to go back to the car. She missed her nap that day, what can I say...
This picture was taken before she got upset. Becky was showing her the water.

Kris and Dad eating their granola bars.

Kris taking a picture of me so that Mom could capture Kris doing what he loves to do. (Which is take pictures just in case you didn't figure that out!)

One of the family diners we had on the party mound at Aunt Sarah's house.
This is Emily with my cousin Greg's wife, Stephanie. Stephanie couldn't get enough of Emily and Emily loved talking to her and telling her all kinds of stories.

My cousin Nathan and his son Wyatt. Wyatt is exactly 2 months older than Emily.

From left to right
Stephanie, Emily, L.J., Laura, Wyatt, Becky, Carlie, Matea, Dad, and Grandma Fryer

This picture would have been better had I snapped it faster. All 3 geese were lined up with their necks outstretched toward Emily. They looked like there were going to run at her and attack! Too bad I took it after one of the geese broke ranks.
Emily is in the little car with Grandma standing next to her.

Emily looking cute in her Dora pajamas!

Giving Daddy a hug and a kiss goodnight through Skype

July and a little bit of August

Sorry it's been so long since I updated my blog.
The last couple of months have been really busy but also really fun!

Emily and I got some matching shirts and she was so excited about it.
Every time she wears her flag shirt she wants me to wear mine too.

Emily cuddling with Daddy after her bath. It has become a routine for her to ask for Daddy to hold her after I get her out of the tub. Daddy loves it!

Emily kept reaching up and touching Daddy's face while he held her.

I made Emily a pair of princess pajamas.
They were supposed to be big because I wanted her to have some grow room. The pants ended up much bigger that I wanted them too, but Grandma fixed them a few weeks ago when we went to visit.

Playing on the bed in her new pajamas

I decided to grow some flowers in the front yard this year and they grew really well.
Here are the pictures of each flower that I grew.
This one is a blue star Dalia. I'm not sure why they called it blue because it looks more purple to me.

This one is Rose Mallow
It is one of my favorites!

This one is Cosmos Candy Stripe
You can't see the stripes in this one but they are there.

This one and the next one are Cosmos Sea Shells

This one is another Cosmos Candy Stripe

The day before we left for New Hampshire Becky and I were enjoying some good books, Emily felt a little left out so she grabbed a book and joined us on the bed.