First Day of school

Summer flew by and we are back in the grind of school. The kids went to school the first day but then we left for Oregon for their second day of school. Colt was actually sick the first day so he missed his first two days of school. 

 

Other than that we are off to a good start and all the kids are gone by 7:30.   So weird.   

 

Last summer swim

We squeezed in one more summer swim. Bo was waiting for his friend to come. He finally did.

 

Summer Sushi

 We had a rare night where everyone was gone but me and Bo.   I didn't have dinner made yet so we defaulted to buying some sushi since that is Bo's favorite.  

WEB Day

Bo had 6th grade orientation for middle school. Darby signed up to be a WEB leader and got to be Bo's leader. It's so fun to think these two are back in school together.

 

Sourdough Gap

The Hodo's only stayed for one night but we definitely wanted to stay two and I'm so glad we did. It was different without them but I also just love being in the mountains. Colt suggested that we hike up to Sourdough Gap. It was about a 1.5 mile hike up. Brad and I weren't super excited about it mostly because it was HOT! 

 

But we were so glad we did.  It was a fun adventure and great to explore a little bit more of where we camped. 

 

This is us pointing down to the lake we were camping at. 

 

Colt eating a top ramen taco.  Who knew? 

We stopped in Enumclaw for lunch. 

We met up with the Hodo's on Sunday night so we could wrap up our trip with all our highlights and things we would change for next year.  

 

Sheep Lake

We went on our annual backpacking trip with the Hodo family. This year we went to Sheep Lake near Mt. Rainier. Brody & Trey weren't with us this year which was such a bummer. We missed them.  Hopefully they join us again another year. 

 

We spent a lot of time fishing and doing boat races.   The kids loved it and the place was beautiful, although a little crowded.  

 

 

Preparing

 We went to REI to get some gear for our backpacking trip.  It seems like we always need something new every year.