October

Wait, what...October?! And the end of it no less. How did that happen?

Well, hello everyone! Did you miss me?

So...Let's just ignore for the moment that it was June when I last posted.  I really had intended to, but time just got away from me. We have had some super busy months!

First, Jason got back home safely in July! Yay! We are so glad to have him home!






Next we went on vacation to see Nana and Papaw at the Grand Canyon.


The canyon is awesome!


Angel's Window






The jeep found some mud.








A double rainbow!

And then in September we went to Yellowstone...


Buffalo have the right of way. :)








King of the world!


A very HOT pool.








Yellowstone River











A couple weeks later we drove to Indiana for a visit...


Driving through Colorado


Wii Bowling Tournament


Hanging Out With Grandma Brenda


Aww, brothers sharing their toys. :)


Wrestling Match


Four Wheeling


Cousins


Tie-dying Shirts With the Cousins


Buddies

And of course we had to take some family pictures while we were there.






Whew! As you can see we've done a little travelling. :)

In between all the fun stuff, though, we've also been busy here at home. We only have about a month left before we leave for Turkey! We've had some stressful moments trying to get everything to work out, but it seems like everything is headed on the right track now.

So that's the compact version of our summer/fall. Hopefully next time I'll recap October and not just tease you with a title. :)

Vacation Favorites

I know, seems like really old news, and those of you who are my friends on facebook have already seen most of these pictures ages ago, but I said I was going to post them, so here goes.

First just let me say, we all absolutely loved Washington.  As in, when can we move on up - LOVE.  There is so much to do and see, the people were so friendly, and the weather was wonderful.  I know I might change my mind in the rainy season, but while we were there it was great.

Here was the cabin we stayed in during our stay.


Which overlooked the Strait of Juan de Fuca.




The tide pools were amazing.






We went on plenty of treasure hunts.


Some new additions to my heart rock collection.


As much as we would have just loved to stay at the cabin the whole time, we did get out and see some of the area.

The Hoh Rainforest






Cape Flattery (The northwesternmost point of the contiguous United States.)






Ruby Beach






Hurricane Ridge

Our 10-year wedding anniversary!









For the Twilight fans out there (which includes me, of course),

Welcome to Forks


Bella's truck and the Jeep hanging out together.








Not a Twilight locale, but we really enjoyed our lunch here. : )


Port Angeles








La Push and First Beach












Next up is Second Beach, I think it was our favorite.  (There is a Third Beach, too, but we ran out of time). : (
And you should know, that aside from First Beach all of these other beaches required a hike to get to them.

The trails all looked like this.


And then you have to climb over lots of logs, obstacle-course-style, to get to the sand.


This turkey is smiling so big because he got carried over the log jam.
















Well, there you go, our vacation has (finally!) been blogged.  I have tons more pictures, but I'm sure you were thinking enough already a few scrolls back!

If you've made it to the end I hope you have a great weekend!