August

I feel like we had such a jam-packed summer.  From the little stuff to the big stuff, we enjoyed summer for all it was worth!  Here's a little peek at what we were up to in August after our trip to Sandpoint.

Bryon was given Hillsboro Hops tickets, and took his favorite date for a special night out.

Another date night for these two.  Kai's first movie theater experience was a big hit!

Family backpacking trip to Shell Lake.

We had to cross this big rock field at one end of the lake.  Kai was such a trooper as he carefully figured out the best way to cross it and lead us along.

After arriving at our camp spot, we set up and then took a bit of time to relax by the lake before a BIG rain storm hit.  We were huddled in our tent for about an hour as the rain poured down, thunder rolled and lightning struck very close to our campsite!  It was pretty crazy.  Our ears were ringing afterwards from the continuous loud thunder and our campsite was completely soaked.  Apparently we should have heeded the "chance of showers" weather forecast :)

Warming up with some hot chocolate and a warm fire.  Thankfully we'd been able to gather some wood before the storm hit, and keep it dry under our tarp.

 

 

Dinner time!

Picking huckleberries for our pancakes the next morning.

After breakfast Kai fell completely into the lake while walking on a log in the water.  Oops!  Thankfully we had one dry pair of clothes left.

On our way home.

A beautiful day on the Oregon Coast.

My boy!  I can't believe how big he's getting.

Yummy goodies at the Farmer's Market.

The company Bryon works for built and owns several buildings in downtown Portland.  While friends were in town for the day we took them to the rooftop garden on one of these buildings to get a view of the city.  This is looking north....see Canada way up there? :)

We had one more fun (Canadian) adventure in August, but I'll save that for another day.