Shared Dreams

Our nighttime routine is all over the place.  More often than not it is a lot of reminding and encouraging kids to get their teeth brushed and get ready for bed.  Then they are fighting over who mom gets to lay with.   But there are some nights where they decide that they can sleep in the same bed together.   I hope they remember these moments and not the hectic moments of trying to get to bed. 

 

Cool Shades

Darby and her cool shades. 

 

More hiking pictures

I was able to get these pictures of our recent hike off of Brad's camera.  

 Taking a break. 

We went over this bridge and the picture doesn't really show that it was a little precarious getting over it and then across the boulders.   But later in our hike we had a bigger boulder field so looking back this wasn't nearly as tough. 

We stopped at the beach on the far side of the lake to have lunch.  We were in the shade and it was windy so we were getting cold really quickly.  I wish we could have hung out there a little bit longer. 

If we had continued to the Enchantments we would have gone up Aasgard pass which is what Brad is pointing out.  It is the hardest part of the hike as it is a very steep incline.   We hope we get to try it in the future.

 

Barquist Peloton

Brad got this bike from work.   He asked if I wanted it but I passed.   Then he decided the kids might think it was fun.   

Even though its a bit outdated its a very nice bike.  Ollie rode it for 15 minutes in the morning.  We will see how long the enthusiasm lasts. 

 

 

 

Colchuck Lake

Last weekend Brad and I went on another adventure.  The plan was to hike up to the Enchantments to see what many describe as one of the most beautiful places.      This hike has been organized for the past few years but we have always had conflicts with kids sports and Brad's coaching.  This year since we didn't have much of those I knew we had to make it happen.   Our good friends backed out a few days before and Brad wasn't as thrilled about going so he left the final decision up to me. The kids were looking forward to going to Papa Bob's so our childcare was already sorted out and time in the mountains has been so good for me. 

We drove over on Friday evening and stayed in a cabin near Leavenworth.   We woke up early Saturday morning (5:15) then left to the trailhead.  (This should have been our first sign that we weren't going to make it to the Enchantments because we should have started much earlier).  

We started our hike a little after 7:00.  The parking lot was full and the trail was like a major freeway.   We weren't going very fast so a lot of people passed us.   

After about 4 hours we made it to Colchuck Lake.  It is amazing!  The color of the water is unreal and these pictures don't even do it justice.  

We hiked to the other side of the lake and made it to the bottom of Aasgard Pass.   Since it was already 12:30 we knew we didn't have enough time to make it up to the top and into the enchantments before it would be dark.  We were bummed but we know we will be back to try it again.   

It rained on us as we were hiking back down so we know if we had tried to climb to the top we would have been in the same rainy weather....so maybe it was for the best that we didn't get all the way there. 

In the end the most important thing was that Brad and I got to spend time together and had another adventure.  We certainly miss our kids during these outings but we are thankful they are having fun and we get to explore more of this beautiful place. 

 Brad and I and Arnie (he is the organizer and leader). 

Remote Learning Report

We are about 3 weeks into this remote learning and we have all gotten cozy and comfortable.  None of us want to be doing this but we are rolling with it and trying to make the best of the situation.   

It does help when its rainy but I am looking forward to a week of sunshine because it is better when we are all outside. 

 

Seahawks Birthday Party

We celebrated Abi's 14th birthday party.  It is always fun when it is also a Seahawks party. 

(Thankfully the Seahawks pulled off the victory for Abi)