Matchy Matchy

Snug and Dad love to match

Heather Getting Married

Auntie Heather and Jeff got married!  It was a perfect day on Oak Creek in Sedona.  Heather was radiant.  Jeff was cool.  Layla was cute. Papa was proud. Michael was minister and Snug was sweet.  We are so glad that Snug now has an Uncle Jeff.

Swimeon

Snug loves the water.  It doesn't matter where.  He loves the bath, the shower, the Big Lebowski (our wading pool) and even the real pool.  Next stop is Grandpa Pete's pool.

Camping is More Fun with Friends and Babies

The Mathi let us join them on Petros' first camp out.  God-Father, Josh came too.

We hiked up to a rock over looking Skull Valley to watch the sunset

Is that a cave man?  No, it is Snug's God-Father, Josh roasting a hot dog over the camp fire.  We hope Snug will be like Josh one day.

The next weekend, we went camping with the McDaniels and our new friends, the Ericksons.  It rained that evening so we squeezed six adults and three babies in a 4 person tent to weather the storm. We piled our cheese, hummus, crackers, veggies, wine and whiskey into the center of the tent and had a feast.  It was one of the best nights we have had all summer.

Henry conked out

Charis conked out

Snug conked out

The tent that housed the party!

Snug's New Best Friend

Snug 3 months - Petros 2 weeks

Seeing Sedona With New Eyes

Something we've found when traveling with a baby is that we now see things we had never noticed before.  We've driven the road up Oak Creek many times over the last 10 years and never noticed a little hide-away called Indian Gardens.  It is a market and deli with a shady garden where you can sit and enjoy yummy treats.  We had always zoomed past it on our search for bigger and better things.  On our last trip through Sedona, we had to stop to change Simeon's diaper.  We stopped at the visitor's center which happens to be next door to Indian Gardens. It looked like a store so we thought we would buy some water.  Turns out our tribe has been in Sedona all this time.  Who knew?  They have good coffee, Reed's ginger beer, real beer, dark chocolate with sea salt and other delightful things.  Discoveries like this make us excited to take the road more slowly and stop.  We are sure there are other little treasures along the way that we have been to quick to notice.

After sipping on treats at Indian Gardens, we took Snug on a little hike down the creek. 

Tubby Time

Sim loves tubby time.  (Not to be confused with tummy time.  He hates that)  Thanks to cousins Cait and Karissa, Sim's friend, Ducky, keeps him warm and cozy in the bath.

"I'll just sleep through the bath"  - 1 month old

  

"I'm not sure about bath time" - 2 month

"I love bath time" - 3 months old