Fall Fest at the Dorminy's

Fall Fest at the Dorminy's

Lainey was a Lady Bug, of course, and Barrett was a pirate. As we were walking there he was waving at the cars and saying, " Argh, I'm Captain Barrett!"




Both kids were worn out. Lainey fell asleep in the stroller.








I titled the picture below "Protector."



Trying to wake sleeping beauty



Adoration

Can you tell who we are rooting for?

We'll give you a few hints. So far things are going very well for our team!



I was playing with a filter that day too!

Hiking

We have been doing a lot of walking lately. Tim has the joy of carrying Elaina when he is around.

Barrett has to have a walking stick.

This is how bad the drought is here. There are supposed to be 10 feet of water below that buoy!

Send in the Marines

We met up with Nana and Poppa this week in Virginia.

Poppa got to take us to the brand new Marine Corps museum

Barrett was VERY excited

This is one the actual helicopter that was in Poppa's squadron durning Vietnam

This explains why this specific helicopter was recovered.

This is where Poppa would have been positioned in the helicopter

It was a very moving experiance and made us even more greatful and aware that we are blessed that he made it home. We love you Poppa and are very proud of you.

You try getting them all to take a nice picture!

Our Hike

Nana, Elaina and I took a hike this past Friday. It was supposed to a moderate 1.3 miles down and 1.3 back to the Rose River Falls. Because the water level was so low, when we got to the falls, a couple that was already there told us that they were not the falls and that we would know them when we came to them. We got a 100 yards past them and I told mom I was almost positive those were the falls but that the water level was so low they were virtually gone. But we kept going! Our 2.6 miles became 4+ ! Tom and Barrett were back at the car waiting for us as well so we had to keep moving. I was carrying an extra 40 lbs between Elaina and the backpack. Needless to say the moderate hike just about did us in! We had a nice time but were pretty beat.

Above is an unnamed waterfall. It would have been easier just to hike there!

Nana took over the back pack the last 200 yards are so and kept saying, " I don't know how you have done this!" You should have heard her whine! (love ya mom!)

Our Heros at the end!