Rutsic Bread

Damn you bread and your crusty, chewycarbs. It doesn't matter how much whole wheat flour I add to you. You will still mock me. So I will drown you in soup and in you I drown my sorrow.

Hidden Lake Hike

When we woke up this morning and looked out the window, we couldn't bare the thought of another grey, rainy day. So we found a hike on the other say of the pass where the weather was beautiful. Located above Lake Wenatchee is a little, quite lake called Hidden Lake. The walk is short at a 1/2 a mile with switchbacks and old growth cedars and pines. The kids were fascinated by all the glittery rocks and sand everywhere. Mica schist. The water was a gorgeous color and so clear.

Ebey's Landing Hike

We had a break of nice weather this summer, so we thought we'd make the very best of it and drive over to Camano Island and walk the Perego Lagoon trail at Ebey's Landing. SO glad we did. Lots too see, very sunny but not hot, spectacular views! 5 miles round trip.

Pics from April and May

A smattering of things that happened before June.


NOM NOM NOM!
What's up my Peeps?

Cooper's Birthday.

Cooper's first day of pre-school.

Baking cookies is better than TV.

Barclay Lake Hike

We decided a late spring hike is just what we needed for Father's Day weekend. The trail is 2 miles up a narrow canyon, shadowing a river. We drove up several miles of forestry roads to get to the trailhead, so we felt pretty far away from civilization! We saw lots of small, blooming woodland flowers. We smelled a skunk. We jumped across several narrow, shallow creeks that ran cross the trail.

The kids carried their own water, food, first aid . . . They did so good!
We crossed a narrow food bridge to get across Barclay Creek.


It took us about 2 hours to get to Barclay lake. Looking up we saw the face of Mt. Barring. I'm sitting on the ground on the shore to get the whole mountain in frame

Sammy is a Pre-School graduate!

On to conquer Kindergarten!

Christmas!