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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Stephanie

So one of my Young Life girls that just graduated made a trip up here to see us. Over the years she has become one of my best friends. This girls love of God, life, people, and adventure is inspiring. I always have so much fun with her. We stayed busy the whole week.

I always seem to relive my past when she is around by giving her advise and sharing good and bad stories. I forget to an 18 year old it can look pretty crazy at times ;)

We started off the week with a beach outing and bike ride. Then we did some crazy stuff like visit a kangaroo farm. She was with us when we bought the boat so of course we had to take it out. Stephanie and I took off one day and drove up Mt. Baker. We had a blast. We explored and found some random roads to climb. We almost hiked but I wimped out. I was to scared of the cougars and bears. (It wasn't a real hiking trail)

My time with her is always life changing. She challenges me in everyway but gives me such happiness and joy being apart of her life.

Thank you Steph for such an awesome week.


This is a cute barn that is down the road from my house. Steph loved it. She was amazed there was nothing bad written on it.

Tyler would do everything Stephanie did. She also goes barefoot everywhere. This is our exploring islands day.
This is the waterfall at Mt. Baker. We tried to hike it but I got scared. I used to be way more adventures.
This is the valley we found after driving up the mountain. It was so fun and just breath taking.

This girl is such a big part of my life. I love you so much Stephanie.


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Boat

Both Aaron and I have wanted a boat since we were teenagers. When we got married we went boat shopping all the time. We never purchased one because it just wasn't good timing. So of course we get here and there is water all around us. Every weekend we kept thinking there is so much more to discover if we only had a boat. Sooooooo we did it. We made our first toy purchase. We went with a boat that had a cabin in it so Tyler can nap and he thinks it is his cave. So far we have not regretted the purchase at all. The first day we took it out and Aaron got it stuck in the mud so he had to push us out. Pretty funny. The next day we did a sunset cruise and saw little seals playing. It was worth waiting for! I am so excited to go camping next weekend and explore more islands here in Washington. I think this boat is going to give us some awesome family adventures.


Deception Pass from the boat
The Boat
Tyler's Cave
Tyler loves to drive
Exploring an island