word games

Lilja's new things to say...."Goway!", "Lookamee mommy!", "I diddit!", "Gotchoo!", "I keem, mommy" (ice cream).

Playin' a-ground

Two halves make a whole....

A whole lot of sister luv, that is!

Double dutch

Lilja, Leo and Leya (as in Princess) at the zoo.

Evening sun fun with Papa Don

Sandy Sweetums

First kite

Never have I seen Lilja stand so still as when she had a hold of that kite string!

Beach buddies

Story time with "Papa Non"

Corny girls

Girls day out at the fair. A stranger asked US if she could take our picture!

Pals

Lilja was tickled pink to be riding next to her buddy Leo.

baggage

We tried to bribe the flight attendant, but they just wouldn't let us check her. A "one bag limit" they said.

A day on the lake

Lilja discovers that a good day of boating consists of riding at high speeds, fishin', and pounding down some cold ones! Uncle Cory and cousin Max provided supervision and encouragement here.

Aunt "Tawa"

Nigh-nigh

Halfway through our hike in the mountains outside Bozeman Lilja found the steady truding conducive to sleeping. When we got to the bottom Garth found the dead weight conducive to backache! She's getting HEAVY!

Sisters

Horsie

Lilja was super excited and looked right at home on Nanna's horse Charlie.

Kikikat

Cousins

Max and Mya, two of the 3 children of Garth's brother Cory and wife Kyrsten. This was taken on Tara's back porch in Bozeman.

Flower Power

Lilja took a liking to this colorful towel when I was doing laundry one day, so I just laid it out and she had fun on it!

Oly Pen

Our quick trip to the Olympic Peninsula. These pics were all taken near Kalaloch. Lilja's first time at the ocean and she wasn't too sure about the waves coming in and out. She loved all the rocks though.