Up the road to the trail head.

Cutting up through the trail. Not an easy short cut.
Gear change.

Mike hiking up the switch backs
Strike a pose!
Mike's turn to strike a pose!
One more angle from the top of the chute.

Straight up the chute!
How much further? We had been climbing for 6.5 hours already.
Kick step. Kick, kick, step.

The top of the Mountain
Snuggled in the tent, ready to go to sleep!!
This is what the wind and snow did to our tent over night!! A bit chilly!

A nice day at a park by the Hood Canal bridge!!

Mike, the kids and I were spending the weekend in Port Orchard a couple of weeks ago and decided to take advantage of a sunny afternoon and go to a park by the Hood Canal bridge. We had a lot of fun playing on the swings and playing pirates on the toy ship with the kids. I am so glad Mike still has such a great imagination.

Ava and I swinging on the swing. Mike loves to push us high and scare us.

Rylen flying like a super hero!
Ava sitting pretty for the camera.

Great time at Jump and Play!!! Mike and I took the kids to Jump and Play while we were in Spokane. (Jeanine came also and drove us....thank you) The kids had a blast! They were able to run off extra energy and got nice and tired for the rest of the day. Thank you Trista for inviting us to come along. It provided a great excuse to be able to hang out with you and get caught up a little bit. I still would have loved more time to hang out.