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…]
Its December! I love December! Probably my second favorite month! In Arizona it was starting to get cold and the holidays! Here it is chilly getting colder and the Holidays! December it is FINALLY acceptable to embrace all that is Christmas. Although I say do Christmas as soon as you want! Christmas was up here … [Read more…]
When I lived in China in 2009 I missed a Thanksgiving with my family. Chris missed two when he was on his mission, but this was our first year missing Thanksgiving since we’ve been married. I knew I’d miss everyone, but I didn’t think it would really bother me being away. The whole week before … [Read more…]
December 12 will be our 10 month in Washington! Still crazy to me! We are now in the dark gloomy months that Washington is famous for. I’ve heard November is one of the worst months and we have survived it! It honestly wasn’t as bad I was expecting either. We definitely got a lot of … [Read more…]
We had a great Halloween this year! It was our first Halloween where it wasn’t 90+ degrees out and we didn’t have to worry about the kids costumes being too hot! This was also my first Halloween in over 3 years without having massive allergies! On a more sad note it was also our first … [Read more…]
