Waterskiing

A couple of weeks ago some friends of ours took us waterskiing to Porcupine Bay. It is about an hour northwest of Spokane. There were a total of about four boats on the entire lake on a friday afternoon. Three of the four women on board were pregnant (two of them VERY prego) so those two did not get in the water to ski. Brit went wakeboarding and also, for the first time ever, got up on a slalom ski!! (I hope that is how you spell it). It was a lot of fun. They kept telling me that I was riding the wakeboard like a slalom because for some reason I didn't like to bend my front leg. So I said, "what the heck! I'll give it a shot!" With a few instructions by our captain, I was up on the slalom ski on the first attempt. That was a lot of fun. However, I still like the wakeboard a little better because I like surfing the wake. Don't mind the farmer tan!

Sasha was on the boat with us the whole time and she absolutely loved it! She couldn't get enough of watching people ski, watching the bald eagles and the golden eagles flying overhead, or having the wind blow in her face. It was so much fun to see how much she enjoyed it. She is becoming a real fish. Hilary has taken her over to Ashley's place to swim several times. Sasha just can't get enough of it. (Sasha's farmer tan is from the lifejacket at the lake)

It's official ...

It's official ... Sasha has allergies. Allergic to what? Well, not only is she allergic to all dairy, but also to peanuts, and dogs. I think she just likes to make our lives difficult just because she has been such a wonderful easy child. Now she is making up for all the times that she was a super good baby. She has a 90+% chance of growing out of the dairy allergy by the time she is five. If we are really good, she has a 20% chance of growing out of the peanut allergy. And dogs ... well, the doctor just laughed at us when we asked what her chances were on that one. Gratefully, the dog allergy seems to be somewhat minor, so since both Hilary and I are dog-loving people, we may still be able to have one someday.

All we have to do is completely abstain from any exposure to any dairy or nuts in her food. Do you realize how many things have dairy or nuts in them? Thankfully, we really don't have to worry about her eating any dogs. Basically, the doctor told us she can eat lots of beef and pork (That's my little girl!!! she definately takes after her daddy on the meat-loving), and she can eat lots of fruits and veggies. And...that's about it. Some diet, huh?

Animals are SO COOL!!!

While we were in SLC, we went to good ole' Hogle Zoo (just for Sasha). She loved it! She was just in awe the entire time. She didn't quite know what to think about all the strange animals that she was seeing. The gibbons monkey was whooping and hollering all sorts of crazy sounds. Very entertaining. However, of all the animals, I think Sasha's favorite part of the whole day was the misters because is was a very hot day.














We even got to see her favorite animal up close and personal ...


After we left SLC, we went to Boise for a few days and ended up going to the Boise zoo where Sasha seemed to enjoy the animals a little bit more (we think it was because she recognized some of them from three days before). She got to ride a komodo dragon and a camel. She seemed to have a great time and we enjoyed it as well. I think next year will be even better!

We think her favorite thing at the Boise Zoo was a little mouse that she found behind some glass.

My, how time flies!!!

We are back from our vacation in SLC. We are sad that we couldn't see everyone that we would have liked to but our time was very limited and spent mostly with all the wedding details for Hilary's little sister. The wedding was beautiful! The weather was hot! and we had a great time. Sasha loved being around so many people and she did very well considering she didn't have any naps on the entire wedding day and didn't get to bed until after 10pm.

By the end of the day, the only thing we could feel was the throbbing pain in our feet. It was a great ceremony and a wonderful reception. Good luck to Emily and Matt.

Zoo pictures coming soon...