Sheridan, Wyoming

During our Wyoming vacation, we met up with lots of family in Sheridan and had a family reunion. The rodeo was in town that week as well, so we got to go to the rodeo one night and then watch a big parade the next morning. It was a lot of fun!

 Family picture

The whole Eckerdt family 

 Walking across the sky walk at our hotel

Enjoying a popsicle while waiting for the parade 

Here comes the parade!

Crazy Woman Creek Cabin

We spent several days of our Wyoming vacation at Crazy Woman Creek Cabin in Buffalo.  Here are many pictures of all of the fun Phineas had while we were there:

The Cabin

 Swinging with Oma

 Phineas loved the hot tub and spent a lot of time in it!

Playing horseshoes with Jon

Having a cowboy nap on the grass...

Well, not really napping!

Playing whiffle ball,

shooting a slingshot, and

roping cattle!

Whittling kindling,

and climbing a cave wall before smores.

Riding in the rental car (a lot - we did 1300 miles!), and

driving it!  (What?!)

Tuckered out.

The Crazy Woman Cabin crew.

Flying to Wyoming!!

Earlier in July we went to Wyoming for a family reunion.  We flew out with Aunt Julie and Jon; here are some pictures of our flight out to Denver.  Phineas enjoyed watching everything, and took to calling the trucks on the tarmac "zippers and zoomers."  Most exciting, once in Denver we got to ride a shuttle bus to the rental car agency!

Spruce Mountain in February

Oma and Aunt Julie came up for a quick visit last weekend.  Saturday was a wonderful warm February day, with sunny skies and temperatures in the low 40s.  We decided to head up to one of Phineas's favorite places - Spruce Mountain - for a winter hike.  It was a lot of fun!

Merry Christmas!

We had a nice Christmas morning here in Rockland.  Phineas opened his stocking and then we all opened presents.  Phineas was very excited by some of the toys in his stocking and elated to get the Lego Town Square set, which he started building as soon as we let him.  Then we went down to the trap tree for a picture with everyone who was here.

Bug Light

Two weeks ago Aunt Julie made a surprise visit to Portland and Phineas and Dad went down to hang out with her and Jon.  After a trip to Willard Scoops for some delicious ice cream we went to Bug Light Park where we looked at the kites flying, watched boats, and ran around in the grass.

 Explaining something amazing to Aunt Julie.

 With Jon and Dad at the lighthouse.

 Looking at the little dog that followed him for a bit.

Being silly.

Olympic Sculpture Park

After visiting the market, we walked over to the Olympic Sculpture Park. Here are some pictures of Phineas wondering through the park and looking at the art.

West Quoddy Head

We went to the easternmost point in the U.S.A. today, West Quoddy Head in Lubec. Aunt Julie was up visiting for the weekend and came along with us. It was a little windy, but we had the entire place to ourselves!