Two times the facy

So today was a very special Fancy Hair Friday. Not only did we have the expected m awesome:

We also, for the first time in a long time, rocked a c braid!

Do you see it? Right there in front? I'm unreasonably excited about it, and c thought the whole thing was pretty funny.

And I wore a hoodie to work

go badgers!

Art

The girls keep the art work coming.. this week = studies in color :o)

Big hills

Last weekend Alex and I attempted our biggest hike to date. It started as the hike we had done the week before in reverse, but then a quarter mile away from the summit we saw this:

And it looked interesting:

So we said why not and headed up.  About half way up we stopped to catch our breath and the views were amazing.

And then we got to the top. I have seen some spectacular things since being out here, but this has to be one of the coolest. We were WAY up there. So high up we were looking down at the top of the chair lifts.

So high up we were looking down at the other mountains

So high up the reservoir was like a pond in the distance

Or perhaps most telling, so high up that it took us a LONG time to catch our breath. Not much oxygen up there that's for sure :o)

Next time I'm bringing my nice camera.

Ahhhh daycare

Thursday: We come home with a hand written note from c's teach on the back of one of her pieces of art work that says:
"I absolutely adore [c] and having her in my class. She is a beam of light and keeps my rough boys tame. For that alone, I love her."

Friday: We find out that c's being bumped up to the new room in school (with a new teacher), starting on Monday.

And so it goes...

Thursday night soul

Sin City Soul played the last Thursday night concert of the summer tonight. While I can't even begin to wrap my head around the fact that it's basically September, we didn't have to tonight. It was beautiful...

 

....and the peaches are still good out here...

...and the girls got to dance with dada to REALLY fun music all night.

doesn't get much better than that on a Thursday!

Sister Sister

We've got cute girls :o)

(Thanks for the pictures Jean!)

Smokey Mountain

Sunday morning Norm and Jean were kind enough to watch the girls, so Alex and I could go for a hike. We picked a route that was about 2 miles in, which seems like a pretty reasonable until we saw the 1,400 vertical feet that we'd cover over those 2 miles.
Good think we paused at time to take in the neat views along the way...

It was pretty shocking to see just how much the views were obscured though. There have been fires in Washington/Idaho and we've been getting the smoke our way. As the result, you see more grey than mountain at the summit:

For reference, here's the same summit a couple weeks back:

A good reminder we're all connected huh?



Good thing it was still clear enough for a selfie - I get my excellent taste in hats from my dad :o)