The old military batteries at Fort Worden are super fun; the kids love running through the dark blind tunnels, finding passages and secret rooms, and starting at one end and seeing where they’ll come out. We’ve gone back…
Being in decent shape right now for walking up a mountain, we decided to go ahead and make the (4 miles straight up) trip up Mount Townsend. It was hard, but, as usual on long hikes, something happened…
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…
Our annual Montana vacation started with a weekend with the Joneses extended crew. Jean found us a sweet spot to “camp” with teepees, a grill, electric coffee, and all the amenities we could ask for. The days were…
For the first time ever, we spent a week away from our kids. Ash went to visit family in Kalispell, Cedar went to summer camp in Washington, and Matt and I stayed home without kiddos. I’ve got a…
I’m thankful for photos, because I’ve been thinking we haven’t been doing much due to all the frantic work on the house Matt and I have been doing as we attempt to finish it all up. But, it…
Spring has brought us time working on the yard and house, time with friends, and time with our church community. The kids and I have been taking walks in the woods by our house many days of the…
The kids and I headed to Montana recently for some much-needed cousin playtime and to give Matt a week of space all to himself (and by that I mean, a week to work on our house uninterrupted by the myriad needs of…
We took a trip with our friends to Pioneer Farm Museum and Ohop Indian Village (http://www.pioneerfarmmuseum.org/), a really cool experiential, hands-on museum exploring the past.…
