I love the fall, I especially love October. Crisp, cool air, birthdays, Halloween, the excitement of upcoming holidays. I love all the things that go a long with fall, especially pumpkin patches. We try to make it to a pumpkin patch every year. (Chris really could care less, but he is a good sport and … [Read more…]
Icicle Creek- 4 miles out and back, limited elevation gain Pass-Northwest Forest Pass Difficulty-1/5 Rating-3.5/5 September and now October flew by. I seriously don’t know where all the time went. Trying to get our house in order, vacationing, work, school, and trying to have some fun over the weekends has kept … [Read more…]
Before we bought our house a lot of our weekends were spent going to open houses and looking at houses. Now that we have our house, our weekends are a bit more open! The first weekend we went camping to the Ape Caves near Mount St. Helens! Last weekend we decided to go to the … [Read more…]
Ape Caves- 2.8 miles there and back, 350 feet elevation gain Pass-Northwest Forest Pass (you also need a flashlight or a lantern, if you don’t bring your own you have to pay to use one of theirs.) Difficulty-1/5 Rating-5/5 This Labor Day we decided to leave town and head south! … [Read more…]
We are so lucky that Aunt Ashley decided to spend some more time with us. After the McBride’s left us they went to Nauvoo and performed in the pageant there. When they got home Ashley decided that she wanted to spend more of her summer with us! We were lucky to get her for an … [Read more…]
Franklin Falls- 2 miles out and back, 400 feet elevation gain Pass-Northwest Forest Pass Difficulty-2/5 Rating-3.5/5 Has it already been 5 months? This month FLEW by! Partly because I didn’t realize we’d been here four months already until it was half way over. And partly because we had so much company … [Read more…]
Bloedel Reserve-1.5+miles, little elevation gain Pass-pay to get into the park Difficulty-1/5 Rating-4/5 Hidden Lake- 1.5 miles out and back, very mild elevation gain Pass-Northwest Forest Pass Difficulty-1/5 Rating-3.5/5 Snoqualmie Falls-1.4 miles out and back, 250 feet elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating-3.5/5 … [Read more…]
A few weeks ago the kids and I did a quick trip to Oregon. My sister-in-law, Lara, is from Oregon. Every summer she goes to Oregon to visit her parents. Lara goes to Oregon for a few weeks and my brother goes up for about half the time. This year I was lucky enough to … [Read more…]
Murhut Falls-1.6 miles out and back, 250 feet elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating 4/5 This weekend our Sweet Lilly June turned 3-years-old!!! I can hardly believe that she is already three. We are so grateful that she is ours. She was the easiest baby, which I am so grateful for since … [Read more…]
Snoqualmie Falls- 1.4 miles out and back, 250 feet elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty-1/5 Rating-3.5/5 This past week my mom and sister came to play! It was SO much fun having them here! It was a busy week and we tried to be able to do as much as we could while … [Read more…]
Beaver Creek Trail- We did about 1.5 miles out and back, little elevation gain Pass-? Difficulty-1/5 Rating-2/5 For some reason this week has been busier than normal. Probably because we are out of school for the summer so we spent more time exploring. Plus we had great weather all week! Since … [Read more…]
Deception Pass Lighthouse loop- 2 mile loop, 350 elevation gain Pass-Pay to get into the park Difficulty-2/5 Rating-4/5 This has been another great week in the Pacific Northwest! For Mother’s Day Chris had me and the kids meet him at Zillow Tower after his work. I wasn’t sure why he wanted … [Read more…]
Bloedel Reserve- 1.5+miles, little elevation Pass-Pay to get into the park Difficulty-1/5 Rating-4/5 The Tanner’s are Chris’ maternal grandparents. I have known them for several years before Chris and I got married. They are some of the best people I know. From the start they have treated me like family and … [Read more…]
I love Tulips. They are my favorite flowers! They are so bright and cheery, I just love them! When we were thinking about moving to the Northwest, I did a little research on stuff to do around here. I came across the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival that is in April. I was SO excited about … [Read more…]
Snoqualmie Falls- 1.4 miles out and back, 250 feet elevation gain Pass-none Difficulty 1/5 Rating-3.5/5 Beth is my youngest sibling. She is 10 years younger than me and she is one of my very best friends! I was so excited to hear she wanted to come visit us over her spring … [Read more…]
