Victoria June 2011 -- part two

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Victoria June 2011 -- part one

Aboard our flight departing Sioux Falls 6:44 am .....

Taken from atop Mt Tolmie looking toward Washington state, USA.

Our trusty guides.

Ma, Pa and the kid. Beacon Hill Park.

Hummingbird in Kristy and Eric's yard.

Cala Lily in their yard.

Patio/Party area.

E & K

Water Play

This past Friday was our Aubrey day. It was Grandpa's day off so he got to enjoy her company too. We walked to the park, played at the playground, ate lunch at the Milky Way, and spent time playing with the water play table and stuff. I spent 29.95 on the water play table and 2.00 on a package of sponges. She loves them both, but I suppose I could have gotten by with sponges and a bucket. :)

Enjoying the Blooms!

We have managed to put some flowery touches on our apartment space.

We already enjoyed our back patio,

but now it has become a patio garden sanctuary!

Herb Tower.

Adventures with Aubrey

We had our first "Aubrey/Grandma Day" this past Tuesday. Grandma gets to spend the day with Aubrey one day a week and we're gonna have fun!! Since it was our first time, I tried to document the day with pictures. :)

This week we went to story time at Child's Play Toy Store. We were having so much fun we didn't get a picture taken during story time. But afterwards we stayed at the store and played with the cool stuff.

It was a hot, sunny day, so Aubrey decided to check out the new water play table we got. We both got a little wet but it felt good.

For lunch -- pbj sandwich on raisin bread and blueberry yogurt!

Then down for a little quiet time. Both of us. :)

After our nap, we visited Grandpa at his office. He showed Aubrey the fun maze and tunnel that was constructed for VBS and convinced me to crawl through it with her. Fun!!

Then when Grandpa came home from work they played with Aubrey's princess doll. She has magnetic clothing and accessories that she dresses up with.

We can hardly wait until next week.

On the agenda: bake pie for the Tea Pot Days booth!

Weekend fun

We took advantage of the beautiful weather this weekend by taking a nice bike ride. We got on the bike trail at the zoo and peddled up north, beyond the airport and coming back to the falls. We stopped there for some lunch at the Overlook Cafe and appreciated the view from our table.

Then we peddled across town stopping for a view of the Cathedral and the view of the city from what must be the highest point in Sioux Falls.

Later, we took a drive out to Palisades State Park, a lovely park where we'll plan another day trip to hike or maybe just sit and read. (or both :)