One Baby Girl

"I did decide that if we ever have a baby girl it wouldn't be the end of the world." That is the quote that pretty much sums up our mini-vacation from last week. We headed down to Portland to visit Jon, Briana, and Kadyn and Brandon ended up a bit smitten with Kadyn. Despite one minor spit-up incident he decided she was pretty darn cute. We enjoyed some down time just relaxing with Mama and Daddy, too. It was very nice just to take it easy, eat on the patio, go to the bakery in the morning, take walks and go to the Arboretum, plus a trip to the new Portland Ikea! We also had a nice lunch with Connor before heading home. While it was a quick trip it was wonderful to get away from camp for a few days.

It's Official

I'm a teacher! Got my certificate today...now if only someone wanted me to use it...

4 Years!

We celebrated our 4th anniversary in style, and cheaply :) We headed up to Mount Baker and went for a great hike. Originally we thought we'd do a 4 mile in and out to a lake, but when we got in we were feeling cool (and had met a lot of people we thought we should be able to outhike) so we decided to try the whole loop (7.5-9 miles depending on the map you look at!) We finished in a solid 4 1/2 hours, and other than the last mile and a half which was literally stairs felt pretty good. Mt Shuksan from Picture Lake

Nooksack Falls

Family Pic in front of Mount Baker, from the high point of our hike

The boys