Linking, Lining, Ballooning & Camping

Gretchen is becoming quite a "girly" girl as evidenced by her love of wearing bracelets. One day she had put on every link she could find as bracelets.

In the past, we've posted photos of various items that she lines up. Here she found every "wheeled" toy and placed them in the row like a train.

In early Sept we went to see hot-air balloons in the park. We were a bit late to see them all take off but one was still on the ground. While we were there, a couple balloons came in for landings.

Over Labor Day weekend we went camping with Julia's sisters and their families. Callia and Gretchen had fun running together while Fin (not pictured) tried to keep up. This was Gretchen's first camping trip and she did well. Unfortunately we didn't take many photos (just forgot to) so this is what we have from the trip:

Gretchen's getting big for the pack but Ben managed to carry her while hiking.

The lake was beautiful and we enjoyed many walks to the lake for fishing and throwing rocks.