Crater Lake

A few weekends ago my dad came down to Corvallis to visit and took us to Crater Lake for the weekend.  It was Emma's second time camping and according to Kent this was Emma's first official camping trip at a campground.  She toughed it out in the freezing temperatures during the night.  The cold did not seem to bother her at all.  When she woke up though her hands felt like icicles.  My dad signed us up for a boat tour of the crater where we hiked down into the crater which was equivalent to hiking down 65 flights of stairs, riding around the crater in a boat and stopping at Wizard Island for 3 hours to explore.  Kent and I were amazed out how blue the water was.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  This was also the first time Emma used her hiking backpack.  We were not sure if she would like it, but she did great and enjoyed being up high.  On our last day we drove around the lake and stopped at all of the view points and then had lunch at the gift shop.  It was a great camping trip and we will definitely go back someday!



Crater Lake on our hike down to our boat!



Emma riding in her new hiking back pack!!

Emma was not so sure about wearing her life jacket!



Wizard Island!



Eating lunch on Wizard Island!



Our friend the Golden Mantle Ground Squirrel which looks much like a chipmunk!



Phantom Ship in Crater Lake!

 

Pumice Castle!



Grandpa and Emma!



Cannon Beach

Well, for our 2nd anniversary Kent took Emma and I to Cannon Beach, Oregon.  I had never been there before and it was Emma's first time at the ocean.  We stayed at the Cannon Beach Inn, which was absolutely beautiful.  On our drive to Cannon Beach we stopped at the Tillamook Cheese Factory and took the self tour of the factory.  We got there just in time for lunch, so there was not a whole lot of cheese making going on.  But we did get to try some yummy ice cream and of course we bought squeaky cheese.  Once we were settled into our hotel room we went to dinner down town and then headed out to the beach for a little walk.  We spent most of Sunday going through the shops and spending time on the beach.  Emma seemed to really like putting her feet in the sand, but was not sure about the waves and cold water.  It was an amazing 2nd anniversary in a very beautiful place! 

Tillamook Cheese Factory

Hollywood!!!

Emma's first time sticking her feet in the sand on the beach!



My favorite picture of Kent and Emma!

 

The girls!



Our wonderful family!



Haystack Rock! Apparently someone thought it looked like a haystack!



Leaving our footprints in the sand!



6 Months Old

Kent and I can not believe how much Emma has changed since 5 months and we are even more in shock that she is 6 months old.  On August 4th Emma decided it was time to learn how to sit without being supported by her bumbo chair or mommy/daddy.  It has been a nice change to have her sitting by herself.  She seems to enjoy viewing the world from an upright position.  Also, at 6 months Emma is sleeping from 8pm to 6:30/7am, which has been very nice.  She also has been trying lots of new foods, including peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, and avacado.  Her favorite seems to be squash and her least favorite are peas.  She is also very into grabbing mommy's hair, earings, Walle's tail/fur, and jumping in her jungle jumperoo.  We can't believe how fast she is grown, but have enjoyed watching her change!

5 months/ 4th of July

Well after almost 2 months of not posting I finally have the time while Kent is actually home to use his phone's internet.  Some of you might notice I do no thave a 5 month posting with Emma's 5 month pictures, our friend had some troubles with his camera so we do not have her 5 month pictures, but since she was 5 months on July 4 we do have pictures from July 4.  It was an extremely busy weekend packing and moving, but we had lots of help from our parents.  Luckily we were all packed and moved July 2 so we got to enjoy the 4th at our friends Jeff and Jenny's BBQ and then the fireworks at Sunnyside Park!!! 



Emma at the Johnson Parade!

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One of the floats in the Johnson Parade! Just have to convince Kent to build one for Emma!

Enjoying the warm weather at Johnson Parade!

The family!