We started out the new years by snowshoeing up on Mt Rainier with some friends. We had to put chains on the car to get up to the trailhead I knew the forecast called for snow but it was just ridiculous when we got up there. We went out anyway on a well marked trail to make sure we didn’t get lost. After about 50 feet we were off the trail anyway and playing around in the deep snow. We ended up staying out about two hours. When we got back to the car we were pretty wet (snow here is not the dry stuff we grew up with) and the kids were done and cold. It snowed well over 4 inches while we were out on the trail. As always I had a great time and the kids tolerated it. :) I wish the weather would have been better but we did have fun. We were wondering our friends are converts to snowshoeing or if they are cured of it!!
We had Kristie come up to Washington so she could take pictures of our family snowshoeing on Mt Rainier. We realized after we got back that there wasn’t a single picture of Kristie on our trip. We had another fantastic day on the mountain even though the weather ranged from mostly poor to downright bad. Even though the weather wasn’t great the mountain was quiet and peaceful with a few inches of new snow on top of a hard snowpack. We ended up covering about 1.5 miles before we stopped to rest in a cove of trees and never got going again. The kids had a ball playing in the snow for the hour we rested and then we headed back to the car and a little bit of sledding before it got dark.
We didn’t build this snowman but took a picture anyway.
A group picture without Kristie.
The kids playing in the snow.
This picture is taken post snowshoe trip. We found a snowsuit for Lucy and it was so cute that we had to try it on her. This will enable her to get down and crawl around in the snow the next time we go!
The garage that when we get it open we will put our boat in.
The barn and the chicken coop
Chas was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on October 10th. We were lucky enough to have Mom and Dad, David and Lana, Ben and Amelia Harris at the Baptism. The hot water wasn’t working at the church that day. We poured boiling water into the font before the service but it didn’t warm it up much. The day before Chas caught his first salmon with his Grandpa and dad. He won’t forget either the salmon or his baptism! I’m not sure if the water was much warmer at the baptism that it was for the Salmon but we were happy none the less. We are proud of Chas and glad he is part of our family.
