climbers

our last afternoon at yosemite

was absolutely gorgeous outside.

we spent some time laying in a field taking turns

looking at rock climbers through our 1 set of binoculars.

some people hogged them but i wont say names.

if only i had a fancy zoom lense

that could've taken pictures of the climbers.

(hint hint, babe)

but here we are in front of the mountain? cliff? 

whatever you call it

that they were attempting to summit.

el capitan.

and here's half-dome.

the other cliff those crazy hippie folks climb.

family photo op with

half-dome in the distance.

since i couldn't take any pics of the climbers

and while i was patiently waiting for my turn to use the binocs,

i snapped some of park.

they turned out to be some of my favorites of the trip!

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my mom prayed

for bear.

you see...a couple summers ago we went to colorado.

and she confessed to us on the way home

that she had prayed we would see moose.

and we did.

one afternoon just my parents drove up to glacier point

while us car-sick folk stayed back at the house

so the boys could nap.

and they saw it.

a bear.

just digging for bugs.
ya know,

typical bear activites.

so she did it again.

she prayed the next day that we would see a bear.

we traded the next afternoon

and they stayed back with the boys

while we drove up the glacier point.

God answers prayers.

we got to see a mama bear

AND HER CUB!

and God saves us from car accidents too.

because i almost killed us driving off the road

and into oncoming traffic

when danny yelled, BEAR!

so you try it.

pray all the time,

for whatever your little heart desires

and He will answer.

 

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part dos

i think that's how you spell two in spanish.

anywaysss, i will continue on our never ending vacation.

while still in yosemite,

we drove on the curviest roads ever paved

AGAIN

to see the giant sequoias.

it's hard to put into perspective how

ridiculously huge tall these trees really are.

this is the roots of a tree that fell over.

park insisted on bringing his wizard stick

and cast spells along the way.

how rude of park to sleep on our hike! 

only living tree you can drive through...

i think.

something like that.

so then we came back to the house

had a little snack

reid pulled parker's arm outta socket a couple times...

we played our new fave card game

golf.

you should learn it.

i lost and had to eat a wagon wheel.

i apologize for ever giving them to you parker-man.

they taste like gar-baaage. 

nu-nu read some books....

and we called it a day!

whew.

the end - part dos.

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part 1

the first half of our vacation was spent at

yosemite national forest.

my parents had been there a couple years ago

so luckily  they  my mom remembered where to go

and what we definately wanted to see.

but first we had to get there...

my dad did a lot of this on the plane...

and park did some too.

 flying ended up going waaaay smoother than anticipated.

i just won't tell you about the hour drive from the airport

to the house in yosemite west.

pj was beyond exhausted having had just 2 cat naps

while being held on a plane.

my dad isn't used to driving with a crying baby in the back seat.

he drove on 2 wheels

thru the curviest roads ever made.

longest hour of my life to date.

day 1 on our way down to the valley:

the clan.

dressed in the only warm clothes we took,

that we got to wear almost every day :)

'stroller hiking' to bridal veil falls

we had a picnic in the valley

but parker wanted to eat at yosemite falls

and we know he always gets his way.

slightly taller trees than we have



ok enough for today.

hope you enjoyed!

carpe diem

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