Wednesday, October 9, 2013

portland to catch up with favorite friends
















random summer stuff

Wally split his head open in a scooter fall.  The urgent care doc glued it back together.  The nurse's glove was glued to his eyebrow!  So he'll have half an eyebrow in all pictures for the next several months!  
 Eating on the deck always.  And Daddy falling more in love each day with his daughter.
 Astrid is patient while brothers play. 
Hanging with our Kendrick cousins.  
Baby wearing.  It's how dinner is done.

cass came back

She just can't stay away!  And we love it.  So, Cass had her first chairlift ride.  And then we hiked Todd's Lake, went to Sparrow, floated Tumalo River, and wished with all our might that she would move over here!  















camp out

First camping trip!  Ok, it was only one night, which hardly qualifies as a trip but it was camping!  Just Daddy and the boys.  There was exploring, lake swimming, pitching of the tent, a new high tech biofuel camp stove, bacon flavored mustard and chips (of course?), smores and staying up late.  Seems like a pretty tremendous time was had by all.  













first ride up the lift

One of the inaugural things we had to do this summer was take Astrid for her first ride up the lift at our mountain.  I wish I had a recording of the boys telling her all about each run below us and all the things she was going to need to know up there some day.  Sweet, sweet, sweet.  Always fun to find the snow in the summer!  









Side note.  Let's talk about the fact that Wally looks 14 in this picture.  What the heck?!