We finally made it to the city! The kids’ grandpa came to town and he got us out of our cozy woods and into a Seattle adventure! We enjoyed the novelty of the ferry, toured the Space Needle, ventured onto…
Just a few pictures to share here from our trip to the Bloedel Reserve a few weeks ago. After we got there with an hour left before they closed, and after the rain stopped pouring, and after the…
A new friend recently invited us to accompany her little clan (herself with her three kids under 5) to a children’s museum on Bainbridge Island. The day was bright after a week of dark and rain, so after…
We enjoyed a little local fall festival recently where we got to see Matt play jazz and locals play bluegrass, where the kids got free ice cream, face painting, and balloon animals, and where we had all kinds of…
Just to see what it was like, we jumped in the car and went to Whidbey Island one day. Riding the ferry over from Port Townsend was pretty neat, both on the way there with the views of…
Oh, that wonderful, beautiful, magical thing that is the seashore. We found it here, and although it is the Sound and not the Ocean, it will certainly do. I miss living right down the street from the sand and…
A lovely beach with a mountain view, an ocean spot with driftwood (to remind us of our favorite Jax beach, Boneyard), a visit from our much-loved Aunt and Uncle, a family backpacking trip (which went surprisingly well!), and…
Just some memories today of a lil’ family fun at a sweet local park. I thought these photos were so pretty with the grass and the laughter and play, so I figured I’d share them here. Even the parks…
Up mountains, over creeks, into lakes, and across meadows we hiked. Sub-alpine rocks, ridges, flowers, lakes and more greeted us along our path. Matt caught more fish in one trip than all fish combined in his life, Cedar and…
We went back to Montana for a couple weeks recently while Matt took some leave time (…’cause we actually have time and space, as well as proximity to our family and mountains, to have family vacations now!). We camped.…
