Visitors

We have had some visitors in our yard recently. Usually the deer leave evidence of their visits by eating some of our favorite plants. This evening they must have decided the plants were worth putting up the with paparazzi.

Camping

This past weekend we spent two nights at Fairholm Campground on Lake Crescent with our friends the Rooneys. It was a beautiful place to stay.

One of the best part of camping is that we can get completely away...no cell phones, Internet, or TV. Instead we get to sit back, relax, and enjoy being together.Lily loves to be outdoors and thought it was great fun to play in her pack n' play. This trip we played lots of Yahtzee. Jeff was the only one to get a yahtzee, but I don't think he ever actually won a round. I really wanted an action shot of the dice coming out of the cup, but after many tries, I settled for the staged shot.

As always we had lots of good food and snacks on the trip. Even the dogs got a special treat. Here is their pancake with the left over sausage and dog food smile.Yum, Yum! Jeff and Lucas enjoyed fishing. Jeff fished several times while we were away which rekindled his love for the hobby and he went again once we got home.

There were lots of amazing hikes around. We ventured to Merrymare Falls.

And also had time to just sit and enjoy Lake Crescent.

Lily did not like the cold water!

Such a fun trip. I wonder where we will go next!

Lily

Oh, the many looks of Lily!

4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

This year we celebrated our independence a day early enjoying family and fun on Snoqualmie Ridge. Lily's cousins were all in the annual Snoqualmie parade...

After the parade we headed over to the carnival and visited the petting zoo. It was about the only event Lily could do this year, but maybe next year she will like the horses and bouncy houses!

When the fun was done, we headed over my parents house to relax and enjoy the rest of the day. Grace (who is going to be a big sister again soon!) loves to help and wanted to help feed Lily. She quickly took over and did great. Yum!

Come on, Grace...Where is my food?

Such sweet cousins!

And we ended the day with fantastic dinner and this yummy strawberry pie.

What a fun day!

New Camera!

My amazing family gave me a fancy new camera for my birthday. With this great weather I have had fun going outside to play around taking pictures. There is still so much to learn about how to use the camera, but it is a fun process. Here are a few shots from our yard.

La Wis Wis

Lily had her first camping trip this past week. We headed to La Wis Wis campground just outside of Packwood. Jeff's sister, Angela, joined us as well and we had so much fun!

Sadie loved playing in the river.

We "hiked" to bluehole and admired the clear, cold water. It was so fun the share our joy of camping with Lily!

Lily slept in a peapod. This is her little tent that fit nicely inside of our tent. She loved playing in it and slept great!

We stayed warm by bundling up. The weather wasn't what we had hoped for, but at least it didn't rain too much.

After Lily was in bed we enjoyed fun games and smores by the campfire.

Jeff was our camp chef for the trip. Sadie enjoyed the extra pancake.

After breakfast we "hiked" the half mile to the falls.

Lily loved camping and we look forward to many more memories enjoying the outdoors together.