RudiMoose

Here are just some darn cute pictures of Dallin. We call him Rudy because anytime he touches his nose or if it's the tiniest bit chilly his little nose is bright red. It's adorable! He is such a happy little guy but just recently is beginning to show signs of the rage. He is a major cuddle bug and oh so ticklish. He's always wet down to his belly button because of the drool but he gives the best kisses, as wet as they are. We've have to be careful which toys he plays with now because he gets pretty wild flinging them around. He'll hit himself in the face over and over trying to get the thing to his mouth and then gets real mad that "somebody" keeps hitting him. It's sad but pretty funny too. I'm looking forward to seeing how big he is at his next Dr's apt. with all his yummy rolls. We all adore the little guy!

MacKerricher

Matthew finished his finals on Thursday so Friday we packed the car up and headed North a couple of hours to Ft. Bragg where we spent a few days camping at MacKerricher. Matthew and his family use to go their quite a bit when he was younger and he had a lot of memories to share. It was a beautiful place and Evan and Dallin had a blast! We had our friends Mick, Angie, Dane & Aubrey Friday night and Saturday. Friday we got settled in and hung out around camp. Saturday we went down to the ocean and walked around enjoying and exploring. We went back at low tide to explore the tide pools.
We found some starfish, sea anenomes galore, crabs, hermit crabs but didn't venture out far enough to find any abalones or mussels. Sunday we took a lovely stroll around the Lake where Evan took a nice spill off the boardwalk.
It was one of those slow motion falls. He turned around to look at me and Dallin, lost his footing and stumbled backwards toward the fence that took him out at the knees and flipped backwards falling about 3 feet into the jungle grass. Matthew fished him out pretty quickly but he was still pretty shooken up. We then went to Ten Mile River and spent all day on the beach. We hunted for treasures and Matthew and Evan found the only whole sand dollar on the entire beach I'm sure. The fog rolled in for a while which is always fun and mysterious. Evan I had to fight some seagulls that were attacking our food while Matthew and Dallin took a nap. We also dug ourselves a big Evan whole and played mits (catch). When the tide went out we walked across the river and explored the caves and tunnels on the otherside.
It was a very enjoyable and relaxing day. We took off early the next morning and wandered along the coast for a while on our way home. It was a wonderful camping trip but we were sure glad to get home to our warm shower and beds.

My Boy Lollipop

I'm just loving all the little things that Dallin does that Evan didn't. For instance, my favorite thing he does right now is suck on his toes like they're lollipops. I just thought Aaron & Sarah made gumby babies but I think most "normal" babies can stick their toes in their ears. It's nice though because when he looses the precious binkie he just pulls those chubby little stumps up and starts sucking on his toes. So much for his thumbs huh! Evan grabbed his foot a couple of times when he was about 9 months old, but he was about as flexible as Matthew. If you know Matthew he can hardly bend over and touch his knee caps. It cracks me up!

Labor Day Weekend

We spent the weekend camping at the biggest freshwater lake completely in California. Wowza, huh! It was a place called Clear Lake and we went with some friends from the ward. We drove up Friday night after school and it was a beautiful drive through the wine country. We set up camp and roasted marshmallows. Mike & Heidi arrived Saturday morning and then we spent most of the day at the lake enjoying the sun and relaxing. We had G&G Nielsen's boat and took it out for some fun. The paddle fell off of one of the oars and Matthew said it was probably the greatest moment of his life finding that at the bottom of the murky water. Nice huh! Evan played non-stop all day and Dallin just got so tired watching him that he was zonked out most of the time. Sunday we planned on going for a nature walk, but it was just too hot and we were too tired from staying up late and talking around the fire. After some cowboy dinners Mike & Heidi left and we stayed for another night. We had a great time and the boys were so good. It was actually a very relaxing and enjoyable camping trip with no major injuries, except for Austin eating a mysterious fungus and Evan temporarily blinded by bug repellent We are glad to be home though seeing as we've slept on the hard ground for 3 nights (no pads whatsoever). We just made some blueberry icecream and we'll probably spend the rest of our break eating that and watching a movie. Happy Birthday Bridgette!!!