After our first, quick little kayak outing after we first bought our kayaks we knew we wanted to go out again fairly soon and we wanted to go out on a bigger, longer kayak adventure! Both Chris and I had heard that Kayak Point is a beautiful place and it sounded like it would be … [Read more…]
Chris and I have always wanted kayaks. There wasn’t much use for them in Arizona so we didn’t buy one then. When we moved to Seattle it was pretty high on our list of things we wanted to purchase. Our first summer here we bought a house instead so this summer was the summer we … [Read more…]
When Ryan turned five he was old enough to start climbing on the rock wall at the YMCA. He started to really enjoy it and whenever they had open climb he and Chris would go to the YMCA and climb the wall. Chris enjoyed doing it with him as well and over time they got … [Read more…]
We moved to Seattle in February. I knew it was going to be a tough transition moving from Arizona’s best time of year to Seattle’s worst time of year, but our first month wasn’t too bad. I wasn’t sure if we didn’t think it was too bad because we only had a month of consistent … [Read more…]
North Fork Trail Head-Wolf Bar Camp 5 miles out and back (2.5 miles each way). Little elevation gain. Pass-Get back country permits for camping at South Shore Quinault Lake Ranger Station Difficulty-1/5 Rating-5/5 Chris and I really enjoy backpacking together and we have been looking forward to making a family … [Read more…]
North Creek Park Boardwalk-2 miles out and back, 0 elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1 Rating-4/5 I really wanted to start taking the kids on small outings on Fridays when they aren’t in school. I didn’t want to do anything to far away, or too complicated without Chris so I was looking … [Read more…]
We were excited to have another trip to Arizona to see family! This time we were going down because Ashley was getting married to Everett! We love visiting family and its always fun to be together for a fun, happy occasion! Before we left on our trip Lillian and I got our customary out of … [Read more…]
Whistle Lake- 4 mile loop, 580 feet elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty- 3.5/5 (with kids) Rating-3.5/5 We wanted to do a hike and I had just read about hiking Whistle Lake. (Disclaimer: In that article she said it was almost perfectly flat, but it was not almost perfectly flat. Washington Trails Association … [Read more…]
Second Beach- 4 miles out and back. 350 elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-2/5 Rating-5/5 When I was in high school my parents took a trip to the Oregon coast. Since they took that trip I knew I had to go to the Pacific Northwest Coast. After reading Twilight after I graduated … [Read more…]
Schmitz Park-1.7 miles there and back. 220 feet elevation gain. Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating-2/5 When we first moved to Seattle people recommended spending time in Schmitz Park in West Seattle. We checked the weather forcast and saw that we had a not rainy Saturday in February. We all wanted to go on … [Read more…]
Kali has been my best friend for years, in fact she is more like family than just a friend. She made going through middle school and high school easy and drama free! Kali would come on family trips with us to Lake Powell and made life fun! When we graduated we went to Chicago together. … [Read more…]
Before we moved from Arizona I had wanted to take our kids to Disneyland. When we lived in Chandler, AZ we were only several hours from Disneyland. (Around 5!) I thought it would be way easier for us to hop in a car and drive a few hours and do Disneyland, than either drive A … [Read more…]
Seattle is famous for its wet, gloomy, overcast winters. There are a lot of rainy days in the winter time in Seattle, there are also some really nice days! When the sun comes out, the people go out! We decided that it was a perfect day to go and get donuts ( at Donut Factory) … [Read more…]
My little sister Beth, or as the kids call her, Aunt B was able to come visit again! Beth is 10 years younger than me and one of my best friends. I kind of feel like we wouldn’t be as close if we were closer in age…our personalities are too different! Since she is 10 … [Read more…]
It was weird not being with family over Thanksgiving and so we were happy to hear that McBrides wanted to come to Seattle to visit us over Christmas. I’m not sure what made them want to come to Seattle this time of year, but we were so happy to have them! Everyone was able to … [Read more…]
