Tubing

I realized that most of the pictures I post of Emilyn are of her smiling and happy. That is how she is when there is lots of action and we are out and about. . . but, when we are home and I'm trying to get things done she crawls around after me and cries! I was trying to capture this the other day while she was following me around and begging for attention. I guess she didn't want to ruin her spotless reputation because everytime I tried to turn around and take a picture of her, she would stop crying and/or smile. Little stinker! Above are three of my attempts.



Last Sunday night Matt made a campfire and we had some family time outside. Emilyn lasted for quite a while, and Matisyn roasted about a billion marshmallows! I think we'll enjoy this little fire pit as the weather gets warmer.








Last night we went tubing at Soldier Hollow. My friend Ashly was nice enough to keep Emilyn for us so we could spend some time with Matisyn. The Barretts ended up going with us too at the last minute because Matt had some extra tickets and talked to Blake that day. Matisyn was so excited to get to go tubing with Olivia and Emma! Matt got free tickets from work because they are a sponser for the sheep classic (or something like that). Not sure what the sheep classic is, but I know Matt and Blake really want to go! Anyway, we had a great time. Sadly I didn't have a camera to document our adventures, but I did have our little flip video camera. Matt said to just enjoy myself and not worry about taking pictures, but you know I have an addiction to capturing my memories through film. Maybe because I feel like time is passing too quickly, maybe it's because my girls are growing up way too fast, or maybe it's just because I blinked and I'm 30! Either way, I like to have my friend, my trusty camera, by my side all the time! Matisyn was adorable the first half, and then a pill the second half. By then she was exhausted and cold. I wanted to document that part too, but Matt had the camera and wouldn't let me. He said he didn't want to remember that part. . . to each his own! I'll still remember! Our little thrill seeker handled the runs like a pro. I couldn't believe how fast we were going and Matisyn was smiling. When we got there she said, "I love this place." And after the first run she said, "Daddy, we need to do that 7 more times!" She let me take her a couple of times, but there is no question that she felt a little safer with Daddy, which I can't blame her. I felt pretty out of control. We ended the night with hot chocolate by the fire in the lodge. Matisyn was asleep by the time we were out of the parking lot! All and all, very fun family activity. Here is a little video footage of our adventure.