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| IKEA Heaven |
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Hiking at Flaming Geyser State Park
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| Holding Hands for the WIN! |
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At the end of the short hike, we found a beautiful private river access, so we hiked back to the car, grabbed swimsuits and puddle jumpers and then hiked back out to the river again. The water was freezing, but we loved it!
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| Painting Rocks to hide in the Arboretum. |
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| "Mom, I've got style!" |
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Bulls Eye at Girls Camp!
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Tiger Mountain Trail #3 |
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| At the Summit |
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| I love that all the kids run around outside on the grass every Sunday after church |
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Seattle Storm basketball game! Oaklyn and Whitley earned us all tickets by completing the summer reading program at the library.
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Camping with the Lake Lucerne Ward at Ensign Ranch
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| Anyone want some of Oaklyn's juice? |
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Visit from our besties, the Roelofs!
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| THIS. IS. US. |
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| Next Generation Derailers |
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| Whit and Brooks are the cutest!! |
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| Eat them blackberries, babies! |
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Forrest Fairies
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Solar Eclipse 2017! So cool! We only got a partial total eclipse, but it was awesome! It got dark and shadowy, but the biggest change I noticed was the temperature drop! The girls and I went to Lake Wilderness where there were lots of fun kid activities to do while watching the eclipse. Michael got to watch from outside of work.
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Pinhole Reflection
Mini eclipses on the door
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Hike up Little Si (North Bend, WA)
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| Double Time |
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| Sporting their headbands right before a night hike |
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| Presh. |
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| Middle of Nowhere Gas Station |
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| For reals though?! |
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Meet your newest Lake Wilderness Wildcat! Oaklyn started preschool this year and absolutely loves it! Especially riding the bus!
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| #fangirl |
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| This is what was in her backpack the first day. Tigey, septor, gold medal, and a folder. Yup, she is all set. |
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| Brand New Lake Wilderness Elementary School |
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This is Whitley boycotting that summer will ever end. Blackberry face everyday, without fail. She knows exactly where the berry bushes are on the trail, and she grunts and grunts until she gets some.
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Golden Gate State Park
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| This is the face of an excited girl watching her kite in awe |
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| Talon Skinner and Oaklyn |
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Day of Caring. We volunteered with the employees at Paccar to groom some trails at Northacres Park
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| While Michael worked that morning, the girls and I went on a brisk run along Lake Washington. It was only 7 am, but we saw a few water skiers. The girls loved watching them and the skiers must have loved the audience because they did a few deep water starts only a few feet away from the dock we were watching from. |
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| Then, we got donuts, because we still had some time to kill before picking Michael up. |
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| Watching Jason's Cross Country Meet. Oaklyn thought it was hilarious to shout, "Run like your pants are on fire!!" |
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| Shoreline, WA |
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Early morning run to the top of MacDonald Mountain with my friend, Kelly Smith. It was beautiful! You just cannot beat running in the Pacific Northwest!! We ran hard, hoping to make it to the top (4.5 miles up) before we had to turn around so she would have enough time to make it back for her daughters soccer game. Fortunately, we were able to make it all the way up, but on the way down, we made a wrong turn, which sent us down the opposite side of the mountain. So, we ended up running up and over the mountain, instead of just up and back down the same way. By the time we realized it, we were almost at the bottom, and we really didn't want to have to run back up the mountain, so we kept heading down hoping for the best. Once we got off the trail, we had to run around the base of the mountain (about 3 more miles) back to the car, for a total run of about 12 miles. It was so fun though, being slightly lost, but never really worried. I would do it all again in a heartbeat! The only thing I would change is that next time, I will actually wake up to my alarm.
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| Replacing the car battery in the rain with the flu. |
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| Painting a school bus for her bus driver. The long black line is the "loud horn" |
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Waiting at the bus stop with her buddy, Barret
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Rattlesnake Ridge
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| Rattlesnake Lake |
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| Pointing to the top of the peak we were just on |
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Salmon Run in the Cedar River. Only 5 minutes away, we could see 3-4 ft. long salmon swimming upstream. We've gone a few times during the run already and the girls love watching the "pink fish"
