Valentine”s Day
We’ve never really celebrated Valentine’s Day as a couple or a family, but the kids are getting older and suddenly it seems like a good opportunity to teach them about practical Christian love and kindness. Tonight I created these jars so that over the next few days we can write down little things we love about each other and put them in the jars. As you can see, I added some candy to up the excitement factor. 
We’ll see how they do.
Deception Pass Camping
in Uncategorized
as David, Enoch, Esther, Holiday, Luke, Outdoors
This past weekend we were able to get away for a mini camping trip at Deception Pass. We had a wonderful time playing with fire, eating some pretty amazing food, and enjoying the beach and sunshine! This post is obscenely long…Sorry.
How do you go camping with 4 children and 2 dogs? Essential: 1 husband who takes chaos and noise in perfect stride!(Yes, the dogs are tied to his legs!)
Also helpful: a husband with Dutch oven cooking skills. Here he is making David a birthday cake Sunday evening.
Here’s the finished product.
Esther and Luke enjoyed looking straight up into the very tall trees surrounding our campsite.
Everything’s more fun when you’re camping…even holding Enoch!
The birthday boy, eating his hot dog and planning how many pieces of birthday cake he’s going to eat.
Monday morning we headed down the beach towards the famous Deception Pass bridge.
This little monkey was always lagging behind getting wet.
Exploring a “cave.”
Rock climbing.
The “caboose” again.
We spent A LOT of time at Cranberry Lake, swimming….
and splashing…
and hanging out….
and playing in the sand.
David needs a bit more blubber on his bones…he enjoyed the warm sand more than the water a lot of the time.
Enoch playing back at the campsite.
Dinner Monday night -- before it started cooking. This is a pork roast, potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots and mushrooms with onion soup mix thrown over the top and a bit of water.
Daddy once again manned the Dutch oven. Most of the heat went on top, but there are a few hot coals underneath the grate as well.
Here it is about 1 hour later.
A highly scientific finishing process involving lots of fun flames.
The finished product! Words cannot describe how amazing this tasted!
Monday evening we headed to the ocean-beach for a bit before bed. Here, they are climbing on a really cool fort someone constructed.
Tuesday morning, we woke up early, packed up quickly and headed back in time for work and school.
What a great time! We can’t wait to return…either for Labor Day at the end of summer or Memorial Day next year!
A Jaunt To Leavenworth
in Uncategorized
as Aunt Leesee, David, Esther, Fireworks, food, Holiday, Luke, Outdoors, Snow, Uncle D
Uncle Dallas and Aunt Leesee invited us to join them in Leavenworth Sunday evening and Monday for some fun in the snow. They rented a cabin that was not really a cabin. David’s last experience with cabins was at Lassen Pines where there were “ants on the potty”….that definitely wasn’t a problem here….it [...]
