2011 Wichita Riverfest

You can barely see the banner across the street but this is the entrance to the festival. Isaiah was playing golf, so Rachel and I decided to go and check out what the big deal is.

The Wichita Riverfest is a two week long festival that has lots of parades, music acts, and lots of food vendors.













This is part of the Arkansas (Ar-Kansas as its pronounced here in Wichita) River. It was very pretty and really peaceful. I think it would be nice to go down and walk along the river on another occasion.















Rachel in front of areally cool waterfall type fountain.

I thought this float was funny. Back in Tampa during Gasparilla theres a giant pirate ship that they sail in the harbor and the parades all have ship replicas. I guess Wichita wanted in on the fun by creating this Wagon ship float to display.

Our First Camping Trip

Yay! Our first camping trip as a family...We went to Winfield City Lake near the small town of Winfield, KS. We rented an RV from Outdoor Rec and it was fabulous! We stayed from Friday through Monday and got to enjoy some family time and Isaiah and I got some individual time. He got to do some fishing and I got to put some puzzles together.

Isaiah caught lots of fish, including this really huge bass. It was so big we couldn't keep it in the bucket, so Isaiah set it free.

It was really hot, so we let her run around before bathtime with just a diaper on. She's a super funny girl!

Rachel and Polie enjoying some outdoor time. We bought Rachel her first camping chair and she likes it alot!

Below are some photos from Lake Winfield Resevoir swimming area. Rachel likes her float, it relaxes her alot and she enjoys watching all the other people swimming and having fun.

Happy 1st Birthday to Rachel

It's hard to believe it's been a whole year since Rachel was born. I remember last April 16th like it was yesterday.


Here's her big birthday cake that Rachel shared with everyone else.

For your enjoyment, here's the video of everyone singing Happy Birthday to Rachel.

Here's Rachel thoroughly enjoying her first birthday cake!

Swan Lake

One of my favorite places back home is Swan Lake. This is the same gardens where Isaiah and I got married. We took Rachel there for the first time during our trip for her first birthday.

Rachel's birthday present

We will be leaving for SC in the next few days to celebrate Rachel's first birthday with the family. We decided to go ahead and get her birthday present this weekend to try out.

We picked out the Mickey Mouse 4-N-1 Ride Along. While she is little, it has a safety bar to keep her contained, and I can push it down the street. When she gets a little bigger, she can push it herself.

She really seemed to like the new toy. If you listen closely at the end of the video she is going "weeee".

Rachel "talking"

Rachel was talking up a storm this morning, so Isaiah decided to video it. Please excuse her hair - it got washed the night before, she had just woke up and we had been outside first thing and the Kansas wind had blown it everywhere.

Rachel eating spaghetti

Rachel loved her first bowl of spaghetti! If you listen closely you can hear her slurping the noodles down.