Carolyn making the goats' acquaintence. 

One Billy-goat Gruff. 

Yep--That Thar be a rope bridge... but I wouldn't try crossing it. 

Rustic looking Fruit Market 

Somebody's been taking a bath in this mountain stream.... 

Random Sunflowers on the riverbank. 

Family Photo--the camera was balanced on a flat part under the hood of our car... on top of a coffee cup, with a lighter angling it up--pretty ingenuitive wouldn't you say? Still--the glory of timers. 

We thought these peaks looked like a big castle. 

Daddy and C. 

Another family photo 

Carolyn and I climbing a mountain. ;) 

Mountains+river. 

Lake Diablo- 

Driving over a dam--we liked the light poles. 

The Dam we drove over (I think it was the Diablo Lake Dam) 

More Berry Picking

The three of us decided it was time for more berries. So... we went to our local berry farm once again, and this time picked tons of raspberries. Carolyn is even better at raspberry picking than she is at strawberry picking. Not only that, but she mastered the art of eating as she went. By the time we left the raspberry fields, she was covered from head to toe in red juice. Before we left we also picked up some blueberries and some sweet corn that I've been craving. Also... some ice cream. Because after the hard work of picking we needed ice cream.

Now we have a housefull of berries. It's really pretty remarkable. I've frozen a bunch of them so far. This morning we had raspberry buckle for breakfast. Sometime today or tomorrow I want to make up a few batches of blueberry muffins to indulge in ourselves and share with some friends and neighbors. Who knows what else we'll come up with. Does anybody have any good recipes for blueberries and raspberries?

Our Raspberry picker. 

Yum! 

In the thick of it. 

A full load! 

Andy instilling into Carolyn a love for large machinery. 

For Andy

Andy wanted me to show you all that he got the truck really, really messy on an off-roading adventure last weekend. This is Andy's happy truck.

Dirty happy truck returns home 

Triumphant Happy Truck 

Goobermobilers

That's right... We have now joined the ranks of the Goobermobilers. We found that with Carolyn's stroller or backpack stashed in the Neon's trunk, it was difficult to fit things like groceries into the car without having to stack them beside Carolyn's carseat--leading of course, to her playing with groceries all the way home.

With hopes to expand our family unit (no--no announcements yet. Relax!), we decided it was time to take the plunge and get a Goobermobile. The best part? We bought it at Ace Hardware. Yes, I'm serious! They do have more than just powertools!

I do miss my little Neon's flames... But we love our new Goobermobile.

Ta-da!!! The new van (AKA--The Goobermobile) 

Random cuteness (She's growing up so fast!) 

A New Park--and a King Slug

Andy had a four-day weekend this last weekend, and we decided to go for a 'walk.' Upon locating the paved trail that we thought we would follow into our favorite little town, we discovered a whole new park-system of trails that we didn't even know existed. So... we took the stroller off-roading. It was during that trip that we found the "King Slug" pictured below.

We quickly realized that their were trails that were a little too rugged to be explored with a stroller, so we took a second trip their yesterday--this time with the backpack. We explored lots of trails with fun names like, "Confusion," "Escape," and "Long Gone." Carolyn even hiked a bit herself. She also proved to be very helpful at navigating.

There are many more trails that need explored, so I'm sure we'll be back there soon!

Hiking hand-in-hand.