This past July my sister, Claudia, came to visit us in Prescott for 2 weeks! It was awesome to have her here and have her go through many of Nayeli's 1st experiences with us: Nayeli's 1st camping trip, Nayeli's 1st climbing excursion, Nayeli's 1st mountain lion sighting, Nayeli's 1st visit to a shooting range, Nayeli's 1st swim in a pool....do you like how I stuck the scary stuff in the middle of the list and ended with something relatively safe to distract you from it?:) Her 2 weeks here flew past, but it was great while it lasted. Here are just some pictures of our adventures:
(We took Claudia climbing at Boulderlands near Granite Mtn. and she was able to complete a pretty tough climb--also losing some skin in the process! Gotta love climbing!)
(This was Nayeli's first camping trip at Mingus Mountain campground. She did awesome! We had a pretty big animal visit our campsite in the evening while we were sleeping {it even sniffed our tents...we heard it's breathe} and Joe had to run out of our tent in his undies wielding his firearm in the dark...our hero!)
(Going anywhere with a child is no easy task! Just look at all the stuff we brought for one night of camping! We almost lost the baby amongst our pile of stuff...)
(Nayeli hanging out in the pack n' play at her first climbing excursion at the Promised Lands! As soon as we set up our spot, we heard and saw the shadow of a mountain lion above us! After giving Joe warning {he was setting up the climbs} he spotted the crazy cougar who then charged at Joe who had to use his trusty firearm to scare it off! We quickly repacked our things and high tailed it outta there looking over our shoulders every 30 seconds...)
(Nayeli is the picture of coolness even after hearing a mountain lion screech! She's just happy to be in the shade and out of that crazy backpack we always stuff her into!)
(Nayeli's first swimming pool experience was at Prescott Valley's community pool. It cost us $5 for us to swim in a really nice salt water pool. She wasn't quite sure if she liked it or not at first, but after getting accustomed to the water she loved it. Here she's with her tia Claudia at the shallow end.)
(Total daddy's girl if you can't tell by the picture!)
(Also a little diva....)
(Some more climbing shots.)
(Joe insisted that I put this one on the blog--wanted everyone to see his belaying skills!)
