We took our annual Fall walk along the Dosewallips River in the Olympic National Forest. We go back every year because, well, it’s just so darn gorgeous– as you can see by the first set of photos. The…
Thanks to the brilliant idea of our friend Jessica, we finally made it to Pacific Beach (an ocean “resort” for military members). I’ve been meaning to go for years, but I guess I needed a kick in the…
The kids and I took a quick trip to California at the end of September. We celebrated Kevin’s life, reunited with my half-siblings, and enjoyed a few days with grandparents. Grandpa had the kids jumping with him into…
The beginning of fall brought homeschool learning, including art projects, tie-dying, independent learning with presentations, a new daily schedule, and more. We enjoyed the last of the warm days with hiking, woods time, a trip with friends to…
What a trip! The kids and I journeyed to Montana… and found Kalispell (and all of Washington, Idaho and western Montana) full of thick smoke. We enjoyed our family anyway with swimming, fishing, hiking, mud, playing games, helping…
After our teepee adventure with the Joneses, we headed up into the mountains for our fourth annual camping trip at Ten Lakes Basin. The weather was gorgeous, the lakes were cold, the fishing was good, the guitar was…
