[Canuck]

I don't have that many photos uploaded, but here are a few: Joe (on the right) & his friend Ryan at the Greenwater Lakes trailhead. Joe is 3, Ryan is 4. Note that my kid is all decked out - plastic binoculars, the hydration backpack, REI vest...

Trailhead of Greenwater Lakes

Joe (this time on the left) at the first Greenwater Lake:

Joe & Ryan at lower Greenwater Lake

And Joe at the huge firs on the Grove of the Patriarchs trail. He had just turned 3 the month before (this was last October, I think).

Joe on the Grove of the Patriarchs trail

And woo-hoo! I figured out how to post photos! I'm at work and can't download that photo upload assistant to make them smaller, I'll have to do post photos from home from now on.

[Canuck]

[Tazz]

hey Mountain Goat what about your new little tike? Do you have a picture to share of the cute little bugger?

[Backpacker Joe]

Well, it nephews count.... Hunter and me on the way to (at) Talapus lake.

Hunter and his uncle

Hunter on Talapus trail

Hunter and his uncle at Talapus

[Solo Steve]

Too damn cute, HC!!! Why do they have to grow up?

[Tazz]

[Hiker Chick]

[SlowWalker]

I want in on this thread!

Megan 2

[Solo Steve]

[Tazz]

Solo that scares me! As much as I want Joshman to grow into a fine young man, I am scared it will happen way too fast! OK I admit it I wish (sometimes) that he stay the same cute little bugger he is now.

[polecatjoe]

Tell me about it- here's my baby; she's 24 and married! Yikes!

[David¹]

Well you just knew we would end up posting on this thread! I think it is a common misconception that all Kasey likes to do is to go hiking (or rather that's all her parents take her out to do). That would be a false assumption as Kasey has an appreciation for other things as well like fine art...

The Scream

music...

piano girl

and dancing (the Hula in particular)

hula girl

However she is fond of other athletic activities especially water sports..

floatie

spray park

spray park fun

and snow sports...

snow day

Her hiking resume however precedes her, she is certainly the most well travelled baby in all the family having hiked in BC, the Rockies, the North Cascades, several of the major volcanoes (Baker, Rainier, Adams and Hood) and even hiked through the bamboo forests in Hawai'i. First 'hike' at seven weeks

Kasey's first hike

First long day hike Joffre Lakes 21 weeks

Kasey at Joffre

First long mileage hike - 11 miles into Indian Henry 28 weeks

Indian Henry

First fall road trip to Cdn Rockies 39 weeks

This year has been much more of a challange for us because babycakes weighs a lot more and wants to walk on her own. But so far, so good. Camping on a road trip to Rainier went over well...

camping

Don't you hate it when you spend a long time setting up a shot in the wilderness and a baby comes bolting out of the bushes and into your shot ruining it?

shot wrecker

We hope to continue to add to our list of family hikes. Although it is a lot of work, it certainly pays off to see them running around hooting and laughing at the simplest of things likes rocks, sticks and wind. And what could be more rewarding than that priceless, peaceful expression on their face after a hard days play when they are zonked out in the backpack or car seat on the way home.

family shuksan

PS one last thing, as much as she may look like her ma, there is no doubt that she is Daddy's little girl. When I came home from a 4 day trip all she said all night was dada dada dada!

teeter totter

[Tazz]

Josh helping to make his birthday cake a few weeks back.

[ree]

D+K.. Omigod!!! Those pictures are so awesome!! I wish you were my parents!!! Everyone's are so nice to see.

[Slugman]

Here's a pic from last summer of my son Jesse James, my daughters Danielle and Megan, plus my parental units, Steffi and Larry.