Lakeport vacation part 2

We spent most of the vacation swimming. For the first few days, Amanda sat near the edge of the pool playing with toys. On the last day, we forced her to come into the pool with an inner tube. She had a lot of fun floating around the pool and watching Daddy dive from the diving board.

Strawberry Picking for Amanda Jo's 2nd Birthday

Amanda Jo is two years old today! We're so grateful to God for her two years of life.

This past weekend we went strawberry picking with some of Amanda Jo's friends and their families. Strawberries are A.J.'s favorite fruit. She did a good job of picking. She only ate two strawberries while we were picking, even though it looks like a big mess on her face.

 

Her friend Christa helping to pick strawberries too. After berry picking we had a picnic lunch. There's an old tractor for the kids to play on. Amanda Jo is sitting with her friend Ben.

 

Lakeport vacation part 1

Last week, we spent 5 days in Lakeport with two other families from church. It was a lot of fun but also kind of crazy with 6 adults and 5 children. Amanda had a lot of trouble sleeping in a new place.

We spent couple mornings at the park. The weather was perfect, not too hot.

Gigi and Ed

Our friends Ed and Gigi came over for dinner and games the other night. Now, Amanda Jo loves to sing Old MacDonald with their names in the song: "...and on that farm he had a Gigi, ee-ii-ee-ii-oo. With a yoo-hoo here and a yoo-hoo there..."

Apparently there are lots of interesting characters on Old MacDonald's farm, and A.J. always decides what everyone says. Gigi usually says "yoo-hoo," Ed says "sleep," Daddy says "I love you," Mommy says "Wuh ai nee" (I love you in Chinese), and lots of other people say "'allo" (hello, but A.J. says it with a French accent). Old MacDonald's farm also generally houses a lion and an elephant and sometimes a ball (bounce, bounce, bounce).

Keyboard artist

Amanda loves to dance to music. Here is a favorite from her keyboard.