A weekend of Hiking

On Saturday we decided to hike up Little Mt Si right near our house since we do after all live in its shadows : ) It turned out to be a wonderful hike and a challenge for us out of practice hikers. It was worth the 4 hour round trip - 4 mile hike -lol

 On Sunday (today) we hung out at home for most of the afternoon, organized and cleaned, picked some cherries (see below post) met our new neighbors from up the street who were so kind to bring us cookies and then we headed to the Three Forks Natural area 2 min down the road from us. It was an easy path that led us down to the river ... 

Harvesting the Cherries!!

Today we picked most of the cherries off the cherry tree today! We had been wondering how we would reach those cherries so far up without the proper ladder or picking tools. Today, however Adeline and I were determined to get those cherries!! She had the idea to use a bamboo stick and I had the idea to tape a fork to the end of it to pluck the cherries down - success!!!

Football and Pony Rides

In our new little town of Snoqualmie the High school had a little Footballalooza (spelling of that?) to get the community to come out and support the team. We went cause !. Sage loves football, Ryan loves the bouncy houses and Adeline loves ponies - plus we did want to support our new community. : ) Esp since Sage will be a student at Mt Si taking virtual classes and dual enrollment at the community college.  

THey had some bean bag tosses

 The boys won t shirts at the football toss

 Ryan and Adeline loved the bouncy slide

 And Adeline LOVED the pony rides!!!!

 They even let her lead the mini horse Tex around for a walk : ) They give lessons to kids as young as 3 as long as they can sit in the saddle - hummm.....

Morning Snack Time by the River

 This morning Ryan spotted a deer right outside our side door so close to the house! It was very cool and we followed him a ways down our yard till he disappeared.


This morning we decided to make our first batch of muffins in the new house. Spelt flour banana muffins sweetened with stevia and maple syrup - yumm! Of course who could resist them in little men shapes : )

 We loaded up our wagon with our goodies and headed down to the river.

 We have a few of these beautiful trees growing by the side of the river - I forget what the are called though : ( anyone know  ?

 Can I tell you how cool it is to walk on your own property and come to this amazing view! Snack time by the river!!

Getting Settled in Snoqualmie Wa

 Adeline and I arrived in Washington State Saturday afternoon and were greeted with warm hugs all around! The new house is amazing (I will post about it soon). So far these past few days have been beautiful out here it almost feels as if we are on vacation. Adeline is loving the hot tub!!
So do I when it is heated up. Since it is wood burning - it does take awhile


We have a bunny that shows up every morning and every evening and does not seem to be afraid of us. He/she sure is cute!

On Sunday we went down to a small park on the river near our house and it was so peaceful. Adeline took this picture of me : )

 Our little downtown area.

 Today we went to the Snoqualmie Falls and it is beautiful!!

 Adeline loved running down the ramp over and over!

Cousins

This week Adeline got to enjoying playin wth her cousins just about everyday. She loved it!! Iknow she will miss them alot when we are in WA. so I am so glad we had this time this week.!