14 months

It is summer in Lander, Wyoming. The rain has ceased and terra firma is green with life. The twins are 14 months old. They spent a week in Rocky Mountain NP in May and did several long hikes. Along their way they encountered a marsh with water fowl, alpine lakes with ducks and mosquitoes, and a swift-water stream crossing.

Braeden is crawling up furniture now. With a heel-hook and dyno-move, he can grunt his way up onto the fireplace ledge. They love to play with the blocks that dad made them for their birthday. They continuously learn new skills from each other and like to converse together in their own twin-speak.

At the end of June the twins hiked up the Popo Agie River to a massive waterfall swollen with spring runoff. The water was too cold to swim, but they enjoyed the scenery and mountain sunshine.