Whidbey Again!

Last weekend we were able to once again enjoy David's place at Whidbey. It was one of our better trips, primarily due to B sleeping much better. As always, I found some time to take some photos. We were very happy to spend some time with Uncle Scott Sasaki and Brennan especially enjoyed him. The other highlight was playing in Dad's new boat and doing some crabbing. B had fun driving the boat and each day one of his first questions/requests was "more boat?"

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Looking at the ant trail with Aunt Traci

B found a big fort to play in

Fun with Uncle Scott!

We did get to drive the boat in the water too...but this time it was land-bound

Summer Hiking

August 2012...finally some sumer weather and with it, I had two chances to get out hiking. The first hike took Julie and I up to Skyline Divide. The hike goes up 2 miles through forested area to a ridge. Once on the ridge we hiked another 2+ miles along the ridge, to a couple of small summits, and beyond. It was cloudy, but fun and the flowers were gorgeous.

The second hike took me, Derrick and Matt to the Chain Lakes area where we hiked the loop (another 8+ mile hike). It was perfect weather, although a little crowded. Still, we had a blast and managed to see some amazing sites.

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Special note that all pictures from both hikes were taken with my 50mm prime lens...hence, no wide angle shots. It's very light and sharp, though!

FAIR!

Last week we made it to the Lynden Fair (technically called "The Northwest Washington Fair" but that was too much to type). It was a blast! We got there a little before 10:00 AM and lasted all the way until 6:45 PM. We weren't sure if we'd survive the afternoon, but eventually B did fall asleep in his stroller (thank you "Bob") and slept for 2 hours in that thing! The highlight for Julie and I was watching Brennan discover all sorts of things. His favorite was sitting and playing on all the tractors, and then going on some rides (ferris wheel, merry-go-round, and an airplane ride). B also had fun eating healthy fair food like Doughnuts, Elephant Ears and Shave Ice.

At any rate, click here for all the photos. Scroll down for some of the best with captions!

Just couldn't resist!

Tractors, Tractors, and more tractors!

If only you could hear the noises with this picture...

What? There's MORE TRACTORS?

It's a BIIIIIIG ONE!

Zoom in on this one and check out the reflection...

Fair Food! Lovin' it.

Waiting for Mamma! "Mamma, hurry up! Horsey ride!"

Finally...

WOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!

Fair Food - Shave Ice...

Sleeping in the Bob!

What? You waited until the end of the day to show me the riding lawn mowers?

Summer Fun!

With a toddler, I'm realizing that time is more fleeting...where does it go? In the name of efficiency, I'm combining what really should be three separate posts into one. The album is a bunch of photos from the summer. Enjoy! Click here to see the full album...

Julie introduces shaving cream to B during a "slow morning"

B and I love to go to the park and watch the trains go by

We've stayed cool in the hot weather!

Sauk Mountain

Julie and I were able to get out a couple weeks ago for a real hike! Our first real hike together in quite some time. We went to one of our favorite spots, Sauk Mountain. The weather turned out great...not spectacular, in which case we would have been able to see Mt. Ranier, but good enough to have a gorgeous day nonetheless. The coup de gras was picking a salad bowl worth of huckleberries which Julie turned into 6 jars of amazing huckleberry jam.

A note on the pictures: they feature flowers. Why? Simple - I've done this hike so many times and taken so many pictures, I decided this time to only bring my small 50mm fixed lens. It's not meant for wide-angle or mountain shots...so every picture you see was taken with, duh, the 50mm lens. Enjoy!

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