A trip to the Lake on Presidents Day!

February 16. 2015

 

Happy President's day!  Daddy had the day off and was headed out to the Whiskeytown Lake with a friend.  Mom knows how much we love the lake and it was going to be a beautiful day, so, she decided to take us out to the lake to play!  

We got new swimsuits from Grandma and Grandpa for valentine's day and mom thought she would grab the hats for us to wear at the beach.  Well, we wanted to wear the swim suits too.  Mom figured that they were equivalent in warmth to the clothes that we had on, so, she let us.  First, she told us it was winter and we could not go swimming in the lake, then we got dressed.  We thought we would be silly and block the picture for mom with our legs!

Of course, I want to do what ever my sister does!

A happy Makayla ready to go play with some buckets at the beach!

We had fun playing around while we got everything ready to go!

We are very excited about getting to go to the lake.  We miss it so much in the winter!

What cute little girls!

 One last sweet picture of Makayla before we head out.  

We were planning on going to Oak Bottom beach and maybe meet up with Daddy for lunch, but it was closed for construction.  We headed over to Brandy Creek beach and had to take a little walk to get down to the beach area.  It was worth it for the beautiful day we had out at the beach.

The first thing we did when we got there was spread out our towels and had a picnic lunch!

I sure enjoyed eating my lunch on my Minnie Mouse towel!

 When I finished with my lunch, I wanted to go right to playing in the sand!

I thought it would be fun to make some sand castles!

Look some sand ended up on me.

The beach at the lake with a bucket and toys and I am one happy camper!

There was a torpedo in with the buckets that you throw in the water and try to find it, but since we weren't allowed in the water we had to make up our own game.  We had fun throwing it on the sand and then running after it.  Our favorite game was digging a hole and hiding it and then digging it up!

After we played with the torpedo, we went back to making sand castles.  Mom got us some water from the lake to help the sand form into a structure.  We had fun stomping them down after we made them.  It really was quite an enjoyable way to spend President's Day!

Valentine's Day 2015!

February 14, 2015

 Happy Valentine's Day!  We had a wonderful sweet day as a family.  It started out with some heart pancakes!  They were sure yummy and messy! 

 We decided to take Valentine's Day seriously and be loving to each other today!   

 We got all cleaned up and dressed and are ready for the day.  We had fun writing and coloring while we waited for dad to get ready.  

It was a beautiful day here in Redding, so, we decided to take a walk along the river.  We took a hold of Dad's hand while we walked to the trail.  

First things first.  We had to check out the river and look for fish.  The river was and it was hard to see any fish. 

A quick picture before we headed down the trail!

The trail was 1 1/2 miles round trip and I started off walking and walked the whole thing.  Mom took along my backpack thinking that we would need it for me, but it turned out that she carried it for nothing!

We took a couple of side trails to the waters edge.  Dad wanted to check the spots out for future fishing trips!  

I was excited about the tree arch I found!  It was fun searching for them along the trail!

We came across a boardwalk, that we thought was a bridge!  It was sure fun to walk on!

Mom wanted me to stop for a picture.

We found a fun little rock beach that we had fun playing on.  We will have to come back here on another day to be able to play longer!  There were lots of pretty rocks to pick up.  

Mom wanted to get a picture with us, but Makayla didn't really want to participate.  

 A little more sisterly love!  

I had a great time finding rocks, so much so, I wanted to take on the trail with me. 

I needed a little rest and squatted to give my legs a break!

I found this perfect little seat to rest on!

McKenzie came back to join us and see what was taking us so long!

She then wanted to try out the tree bench! 

 We headed home for a heart themed lunch.  We had heart shaped tortilla wraps, cucumbers, and apples!  We were pretty excited about all the hearts!  

I really liked my heart apples!

I enjoyed all of my lunch!  It is so much fun having heart shaped meals.  

After lunch, we went down for a nap and when I woke up there were presents waiting in the living room for Kenzie and me.  I was so excited to see the balloons when I woke up that I claimed both mine and mom's.  I got really sad when I wasn't allowed to open my presents until McKenzie woke up.  I got even more disappointed when I saw that there was Dora in my Minnie Mouse gift bag!

I was pretty excited to get to play with the balloons that Daddy got me!

McKenzie woke up and we wanted to open our presents from Daddy right away!

Daddy got us both a movie to go with our balloons and some princess stickers!

I was so excited to get another Dora show!  I am a big fan of Dora and Boots!

I love to get presents!  You could wrap up anything and I would be ecstatic. 

For our Valentine's Day dinner we thought it would be fun to light up the fire pit and cook pie iron pizzas over it.  We helped Dad by collecting sticks from around the yard to use for starting the fire!

We carefully helped cook our pie iron pizzas with Mom and Dad and then set up our chairs, so, we could sit by the fire from a distance.

We sure enjoyed eating our dinner outside!  It was a beautiful evening outside.   

 When Makayla finished her pie iron pizza, she so sweetly asked for more pizza.  She sure loves her pizza in any form!

After dinner, we headed inside for our campfire apple dessert and to watch an episode of my new Dora movie.  It really was a wonderful Valentine's Day.