TWO!

I can't believe Adelaide turned two last week! We celebrated over the weekend with all of the family who were able to visit. We had a little bonfire party in the mountains complete with grilling our own dinner, lots of thoughtful gifts, singing around the fire, party hats, Reese's stuffed cookies and woof'ems for dessert. Adelaide had such a great time with everyone and we are so grateful for all of our family who love Adelaide so much... she is one lucky two year old and we are so lucky to be her parents.

Happy Birthday Adelaide!

Exploring Arizona

Biking in Flagstaff

We are finding away around Flag pretty good these days... we discovered a beautiful bike trail that we really love and also went to Sedona for a day trip last weekend. We thought it would be fun to get out, explore and go on a little bike ride there. We kinda forgot about how everywhere else in Arizona is ridiculously hot during the summer and as we sat in traffic to park and realized that the temperature was 112 degrees we started to regret our decision to travel there. Our bike ride lasted about ten minutes (Sedona does not have a very bike friendly downtown). We locked up our bikes and walked around to check out the shops and restaurants, trying always to walk under the sidewalk misters. All in all, I think we lasted about an hour in Sedona (we are huge babies) and we headed home. We decided we'll check out Sedona again in the Winter.

Sedona

Sisters

Jess and Adelaide with her funky shades

Adelaide wasn't used to the heat and was a little less hyper than usual

Big Bunny Bookstore

I am so happy because I recently discovered this amazing used bookstore in Flagstaff that is huge and clean and has all of the books I'm into lately (non-fiction, birth books, nutrition books and a variety of cookbooks). It has a cute little cafe, but most importantly it has this giant bunny near the entrance. Adelaide was in heaven and Jessica and I took turns browsing the books while she played with her new friend:

When I finish reading my latest book purchases- Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food" and Ina May Gaskin's "Guide to Childbirth" (again) then we will be back to this lovely bunny bookstore.

Jessica!

We are so lucky because Jessica has moved in with us! She just graduated from SDSU with a degree in Psychology and has time to kill before she will spend 18 months as a missionary starting in December. I love having her here to eat, giggle and stay up late with. Adelaide also loves having her around to dance and color with. And Rick loves having her around because they are buddies and he likes to constantly make inappropriate jokes with her.

Jessica had an especially exciting week as she found out when and where she will be spending her time as a missionary... Here is a little video of her getting the news:

We are so excited for her!