This One's Dedicated to Ma Boys

Josiah, you have a great Papa - he loves you so much. This is so someday you can see how much Papa loved you when you were little, but growing big and strong.

Papa cuddles you,

holds you,

camps with you,

and dances with you.

He comforts you,

protects you,

kisses you,

and listens to you.

He hangs with you,

hikes with you,

laughs with you,

talks with you,

walks with you,

and washes your hair,

but most of all...

he's there.

We love you Papa!

Dirty Day

It was another gorgeous Fall day so we decided to get out so Papa could boulder. This was also an exploratory trip for Josiah who has previously watched us boulder form his carseat (ya, those days are over!). Baby Stone started out out on a blanket playin with some... Stones :)

and rocks

then Papa started his warm-up...


"warming up" on a V6


I was just thinking how great it was that Josiah was content to sit on his little 2X2 blanket...

and then he progressed to other objects such as twigs and foilage...

by the time we left he was like Pig-Pen - little dust cloud and all.

Papa got to do his V9 (which he down graded to a V8 after he did it the first time). I really should have filmed this differently - but it was my first try. So you'll have to tilt your head 90 degrees to the right and imagine Pete on a 40 degree angle in addition.

Another beautiful day with Mama and Papa