Counting

Lily is getting so big. It's hard to believe that she was once a little tiny baby. She learns so much everyday. Recently she has learned how to count to ten. Here's a movie of her counting.

Enchanted Rock and Fredericksburg

Michael and I decided that this year for Labor day we would go on a trip instead of just relaxing at home. It was so much fun. We were only gone for a day but it was nice getting out of the house and seeing more of Texas. On Monday morning we woke up, packed up the car and headed to enchanted rock.

Enchanted Rock is a big rock that sticks out of the ground. It's pretty cool looking. Anyways it's about a half a mile up to the top. So it's not very long but it is really steep. Plus you're hiking up a rock so there's really not a trail and there nothing to hold onto. The weather was perfect for the hike. It was warm but there was a breeze that kept you cooled off. Lily had a blast. She insisted on hiking the entire way up by herself! Occasionally she would hold Michael's hand but for the most part she just walked by herself. She is such a determined little girl. On the really hard parts she would repeat to herself over and over again "do it, do it, do it" It was really cute.

Once we got to the top we rested and enjoyed the view. It was a really beautiful view. We carried Lily most of the way down because it was so steep and we didn't want her to fall.

After our hike we decided to go tour Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg is a German town in the middle of Texas. We had lunch there, we are disappointed to admit that we ate at a BBQ place instead of a German restaurant, I don't know what we were thinking. After lunch we went to the pioneer museum. It was really neat and Lily loved running in and out of all the pioneer homes. We had to keep an eye on her because she kept wanting to touch and play with all the old artifacts. It was amazing looking at the pioneer homes. They were so small and simple. Houses today are so huge! Why do we need so much space now? After the pioneer museum we visited the replica of the oldest church in town. The original was torn down because they started having cattle drives down main street and the cows were running into the church. I thought that was pretty funny and very Texan. Anyways they built the replica in the 1930's so it's pretty old too. After that we decided to go home because we were all really tired. It was such a nice trip though and I'm really grateful that we were able to go.

The Big Blue Ball

A big blue ball has decided to take up residence in our backyard. A few weeks ago Lily and I found the ball in our backyard. I have no idea where it came from. Lily was super excited to find it there and immediately started playing with it. I let her play with it for awhile because I didn't have the heart to take it away from her and I figured no one would mind if she played with it. However, later in the day when Lily was taking a nap I went outside and threw the ball into the neighbors yard. The next day the ball was back in our yard. So I decided to throw into another neighbors backyard. The next day the ball was in our yard again. Then I decided to ask another neighbor if it was his ball. He said no and that he didn't know who it belonged to. I tried again to throw it into the other neighbors yards but the ball always ends up back in our yard. So I guess we get to keep it now which makes Lily very happy.