Yosemite

A few weeks ago we took Anabelle on her first camping trip ever... we got her all excited by telling her we'd get to sleep in a tent (she has a play tent in her room that she loves), and sure enough, she had a blast. We went to Yosemite with my brothers and their families and saw lots to cool things, like big trees.
Anabelle is obsessed with princesses, so it really took no effort to get her excited about camping when we told her that grandma bought her a princess sleeping bag
One day we biked ~16 miles and hiked up to Bridalveil falls... the water was REALLY cold, but lots of fun to play in
The next day we took an 8 or 9 mile hike... needless to say, that was encouragement enough to never want to gain 35 pounds.
Randall is quite the thinker... he realized "long hikes are boring and really tall waterfalls aren't that great, so i'll bring a kite with me to fly mid-way through the hike"... well, it was entertaining for all of us
It was cool that they also had a little church for us on Sunday
And what is a trip without a flat tire on the way home?

The best part was by far seeing that I may soon have a replacement in the dishwashing department at home...