Stehekin Adventure: Day 2

DeA loved to eat by the fire to try and get warm every morning.

Breakfast is the best.

And Schnogies is the best.

Rock had a hard time making it to breakfast.

We always go on a hike to Agnus Gorge on our first full day. Always Agnus. Never Bridge Creek. Always Agnus.

Rock did make it to breakfast, but barely. He easily made it for lunch.

It's nice that most of the kids are old enough for porch sitting. Porch sitting is the best.

We always go on afternoon or evening walks, if we don't get 20k steps then DeA feels that we wasted the day.

It's always important to smoke your kids at ping pong so that they don't start to get cocky.

Bethany's cat, Maximus, snuck into our cabin like he owned it. Ryker wasn't mad though.

 

Stehekin Adventure Day 1

We love our annual trip to Stehekin. The kids repeatedly talked about how excited they were for weeks before we left.

We are never as excited about the hot, dusty bus ride to the ranch. We feel like peasant tourists instead of the basically-locals that we are.

We get there mid-afternoon, so we sit around and rest and wait for dinner.

Dinner is the best.

Apparently Nama and Hampa had already had enough family togetherness and found their own table.

Sitting around is one of the best parts of Stehekin.

And naps. Naps are awesome.

We usually end our days up in the game room

 

Just a little birthday

DeA made me some cajun alfredo and chocolate nutty dessert for my birthday. It was delicious.

Jens got me exactly what I asked for: a macaroni art picture. Apparently, it's not of our family but of a monster.

DeA decided to soak her feet in epsom salts.

Jens caught this lovely picture. I guess the water was too hot or too cold.

 

Inching Toward Graduation

Rock's graduation has us pretty busy, but thankfully we were able to take an evening to attend the temple. It slowed everything down for at least a few hours.

DeA was ready for the road trip with her Jack Links

Ryker is a very helpful cousin at times.

The kids met Rock in Seattle after his Military Entrance Processing and medical exam. It was a disaster, he's now latino and his medical records have made up dates because of the examiner. It's just awesome. They all went to a Mariners game together and seemed to have fun.

They hung the senior banners, it is starting to feel real.

The 70mph windstorm ripped the roof off of the woodshed. It fixed it in 40mph winds before it flew away and damaged something. 

We planed some trees around the yard. DeA seemed very happy with them.

It was kind of weird to sit through senior presentations. Luca did make an unexpected cameo in Yuli's.

It was touching to see all the people there to support Rock.

He looked very professional and did a great job.