When we were on vacation in Arizona/Mexico we hit our 8 month mark! So crazy! Its been quite the adventure so far, but we are still loving it! We are starting to come into the rainy/wet/grey/gloomy season so hopefully we can survive that! So far we have made it through the end of winter, spring, … [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…]
September marks 7 months since we left our Arizona home and family and left on this crazy adventure! Time really is flying by! September marks are 7th month here and it is also the first month that we will not see any of our Arizona family. How crazy is that? February before we moved we … [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 recently bought a house in Shoreline, WA. As soon as I saw pictures of the house on Zillow I fell in love. When we toured it, I knew I wanted to live there. We hung out at the house for a few hours when we got it inspected and it felt like home. It’s … [Read more…]
Houses here are strange. Its not a normal market so looking at houses is even more interesting. We’ll drive by a house for sale. We like to guess what its listed for and then we look it up using Zillow. What makes the market here so different is that the asking price doesn’t mean much. … [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…]
Summer is officially here in Seattle. It took a while to get here, but here it is. The past week has been fairly warm. We get weather in the high 70s and low 80s. Sunny days are here! We have no AC so it does get a bit warm in the house. We’ve been keeping … [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…]
We have been living in Seattle for FOUR MONTHS now! I can’t believe we have been here that long already. Parts of me feel like we have lived here forever and other parts feel like it was just yesterday since we moved! I think we are all still very happy with out decision to move … [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…]
Happy Father’s Day! I have been blessed with so many wonderful men in my life! I look at my life and who I am and I know I wouldn’t be anywhere without the men in my life! I have an amazing Father, Happy Father’s day! My dad, Rob. He is the best person I know. … [Read more…]
