We experienced the glory that is the Durham Beaver Queen Pageant this weekend – Kaya even wore her beaver tail for a little while. There’s no better event filled with fun, dancing, and sexual innuendo all year.

Congrats to Yoya for running a half marathon on Saturday in Raleigh. We made a sign to cheer her on (although we barely made it to the finish line in time to see Lightning Laura finish the race) and Kaya drew a picture of Laura running on a race track that was really quite good for a two year old. Go Yoya!

I spent last weekend at ASCO – a massive annual oncology meeting in Chicago. It was exhausting (perhaps even more exhausting than taking care of two babies) but very worthwhile. Here’s a picture of me “networking.”

While Yoya and Dylan snuck off for an anniversary “hike” while we were camping, we took the girls down to the lake beach. It was perfect weather (although the water was a bit cold) and Kaya loves playing in the sand. The only thing missing was Max, who wasn’t allowed on the beach and instead had to go “hiking.”

We took the girls camping this weekend at Hanging Rock State Park with Yoya and Dylan.  The weather was absolutely perfect and we got to try out our new SUV of a tent. Poor Yoya and Dylan had to sleep super close to our whiny children and our mammoth tent! (I also want to point out that every other family in the campground also had a Kingdom 6). Yoya tried to escape but couldn’t make it all the way up Hanging Rock.

Six month birthdays mean time for solids! So far Laney has had some sweet potatoes, which may have made her tummy hurt. Next up: apple sauce (although not too much because the first time we gave Kaya applesauce, she didn’t poop for 4 days).

Just another beautiful day at Duke Gardens. Saturday morning I said to Kaya, “It’s nice out today. We should go on a hike.” And she said, “I don’t like hikes. I fall down on hikes. I want to go to Duke Gardens.” So Duke Gardens we went.

Yoya beat me to uploading this picture and already put it on Facebook, but I can’t resist the blog addition as well. The force was not with the Bulls last weekend as they lost by 1 on Saturday night. And Kaya is clearly not a stormtrooper fan.

We take joint baths now and it is the happiest time of day for everyone!

Dylan taught Kaya how to put the metal thing in the crack of rocks that climbers use so they don’t fall. This post would make a lot more sense if I knew what it was called.  But Kaya placed this one herself!