Girl trip! Happy Valley swimming hole adventure :-)

It's hard to find relief from 106 degree temperature in the Sacramento Valley... Even the pool gets too hot!  The girls and I decided to take venture out to the mountains and find a swimming hole... "Happy Valley" is located just on the outskirts of Placerville.  Is is absolutely beautiful here! Even though it was still hot, it was cooler than Sacramento.  I'm not such a big fan of the super high temps... Keeping my fingers crossed for a cool down soon! :-)

Volcano project!

 Mix the flour, baking soda, salt and water in a bowl...

 Mix it really well!

 Shape it.

 Decorate it!

 Paint it!

Admire it!

Erupt it!

A day hike to Park Falls near Sly Park

Our baby hummingbird all grown up and ready to fly!

Bailey is getting bigger!!

The feather in Piper's mouth is not really from Bailey... :-)  I just thought it was funny..

Bailey's green feathers are coming in nicely!

Bailey flapping his wings for the first time!

Time to fly Bailey!

Once the flew out of my hands, he sat on the umbrella for quite a while.  His chirping caused another hummingbird to come and I think this 2nd bird became a teacher to this little guy!  It was an amazing sight to see!!

Extras...

 The other day Chris called so say that he found this baby bird on the ground at work.  Of course I went to go pick it up.  After a lot of research, we discovered that this baby bird is a Hummingbird!  I am happy to report that the bird is doing very well right now.  We will release him when he is old enough.

 Lucy and Ava had a little awards ceremony in Kindergarten.  They each said why they were proud. 

Lucy stood up and read her award.

Ava was too shy to stand up, but she did a great job reading her award.

"I am proud because I can count to 100.  I am proud because I can read a book.  I can follow rules."

"I am proud because I learned a lot."

 Lucy and Ava with their friend Ashley.

 Lucy and Ava painting self portraits