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We spent last weekend at Pipestem State Park in WV.

Someone made a new friend, while we were there.

The drive was long, and the kids didn't travel too well.

And our room was tiny and none of us got much sleep.

But the park was beautiful, the weather glorious and we enjoyed seeing some 

family members there that we haven't seen in a while.

almshouse road

just some snapshots from an evening trip to the park recently...

summer nights in early june were lovely.

summer nights in late june and so far in july?

not so much.

too hot.

at the national zoo

all i wanted for my birthday was a date with matt in DC, to walk around downtown

(and to just maybe get a gluten free cupcake...)

but when we couldn't find a sitter for olive, we decided to make it a family date, and went to the zoo.

(olive's first time!)

good soggy fun

[setting up camp]

olive and her fox chair

[cozy tent]

[sweet baby]

[my favorites]

[campfire]

[lots of rain]

[my baby...who's not really a baby anymore!] :(

[trying to get clothes (and diapers) to dry]

[i adore this family]

[mud]

[d-j-a-n-g-o]

[cheeeeeese]

[cutie pie!]

[beautiful woods]

[all worn out.]

father's day..

we had a fun (albeit wet and muddy) father's day camping trip. (yup...rained the whole time.) olive loved the whole experience, and even slept through a long, very noisy thunderstorm our first night.

my favorite part? watching matt and olive have a blast together. they're so much alike, these two... i picked a great daddy for my baby.

gone camping

we're celebrating father's day by taking matt (or rather, allowing matt to bring us, ha ha..) camping. embarrassingly enough, this is my first time camping, and i'm freaking out just a bit. (maybe a lot.) i've been promised there won't be bears and that there will be hot showers, so i think i'll survive.

my camera battery is charging at this very moment, so i'll be able to share lots of pictures on here when we get back on sunday.

happy father's day to my dad, and

all the wonderful dads i know!

xo

O-hi!-O

we've been in ohio for the last several days, celebrating my sister in law's graduation from high school, and spending time visiting with family and friends.. more to come soon! xo

strawberry fields