First Day of School

Eden and Miriam wanted in on the action too!

 My school kids are growing up!  Joseph is in 2nd, Peter in 4th, Hannah in 6th!  And yes I cut Peter's hair....yes it is a mohawk....yes it will be cut before church on Sunday!

 Taking our secret gate!!  Thanks Alan for installing it....so much time has been saved by having it!

 This year Hannah is old enough to be a crossing guard and she couldn't be more thrilled!  She takes her job very seriously!

Home again....home again...jiggity jig!!

Mt Saint Helens

This was such a fun experience to be able to go to Mount St. Helens and see how it has changed.  I went when I was living in WA as a kid and it looks so different.  When I went before there were little trees that now have 20 years growth to them.  Over 8 million trees were planted after the eruption.  This is all Hannah wanted to do this summer so we made it our last summer fling!  Well worth the trip!

 This Picture has a really funny story associated with it that caused Rebecca a huge bruise and a funny limp because she forgot how gravity worked!!  We have Mt. Rainier in the background of this beautiful farm scape.

 The trees that you see were all wiped out when Mount St. Helens blew in 1980.  Crazy to think of the destruction that such a beautiful majestic place can have in a matter of minutes!

 You can see the path the landslide took.

 We are a happy family!  Look at Alan's hat....I LOVE it!  It looks fabulous on him, and fits his personality perfectly!

 Closer to the mountain you can still see where the trees were just blown over and still lay there in neat rows.

 Had to get this picture with the fallen tree and the mountain in the background!

The forest is kind of fake looking because everything is the same size and so uniform instead of the diversity of an old forest that once was here.