fun at the Indianapolis Zoo

While the girls were in Indianapolis, they visited the zoo.  They fed the giraffes.

And, they got to see lots of animals.

Jessica loved riding the roller coaster.

And, both girls had fun riding the carousel.

off to Camp Mimi

In August, the girls went to Indiana to spend time with their grandparents.  They were excited to go.

Just Jessica

Toothless

The girls were excited to get their new Toothless dresses from Mimi.

Jamison has fun at the park

Jamison always has lots of fun playing at the park.

Jamison swims

Camping at Sugar Pine in August

At the beginning of August, we took the girls on a Family Camp adventure at Sugar Pine Camp (associated with Girl Scouts).

On the way to Sugar Pine Camp, we stopped off to do some gold digging.  This was something that Jessica was interested in learning more about as she has been really interested in gems and crystals.  Unfortunately, due to the drought conditions, there wasn't water to do gold panning in, but we did do gold digging like they do in the desert.  Jim served as digger for all of us.

Jessica and Jamison got to practice gold panning in some water that was setup to the side.

Both girls found gold too!

Once we were at Sugar Pine Camp, the girls enjoyed the onsite and offsite activities.  One of their favorite activities was horse back riding.

Jamison was a bit small for the trail ride, but was super excited to be able to ride a horse in the ring.

I even shocked Jessica by going on a trail ride with her.

Here is a photo of Jim and the girls from breakfast one morning.

We spent one of our mornings at the Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

There were some really big and old trees at the park.

The girls and I easily fit into a tree that had fallen.

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The park has a tree that can be walked through.  The girls thought that walking through a tree was pretty fun.

On the way home from Sugar Pine, we stopped at Moaning Cavern Adventure Park.  Jessica and Jim took a walking tour of the cave.

Moaning Caverns also had rock climbing and zip lining.  Jamison, Jim, and Jessica had fun rock climbing.

The girls also got to discover crystals and gems.

Girl Scout Backpack Drive Summer 2014

Over the summer, our Girl Scout troop participated in a backpack and school supply drive.  We gathered supplies and assembled the backpacks.

In the end, we donated over 75 backpacks.

Fun at the Children's Museum and Zoo

At the end of July, the girls had fun at the Children's Museum and Zoo with some of their friends.

Jessica's Birthday Dinner

Evidently, Teppanyaki is becoming a tradition for our family birthday dinners as Jessica also wanted Teppanyaki for her special dinner.

Jessica's 7th Birthday Party at Aqua Adventure

Jessica had her 7th birthday party at Aqua Adventure.  When everyone is running around and playing in the water, there isn't a lot of opportunity for photos.  We did grab a few photos during lunchtime.

Jamison had fun at the party too with her Nana and friends.

Jessica wanted an Ever After High birthday cake.  Here is the one that Jim made for her.

And, here is Jessica blowing out her candles at the party.

cute sisters

Disneyland in July - Day Three

On our third and last day at Disney, we spent some time in California Adventure.   While Jim and Jessica went to Cars Land, Jamison and I had fun on the Toy Story ride.

Once we all met up, we went on Mickey's ferris wheel.

The girls love the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail, so we spent some time there too.

Jessica had a blast rock climbing and swinging on the tires.

We spent some time on the rides in Bug's Land too.  Here the girls are taking a break.

Jamison was pooped before the end of day three.  It was time to go home.