Jen, Oliver & Bjorn came to visit in early August. One afternoon we hiked through the Snoqualmie Tunnel on the Iron Horse/John Wayne Pioneer Trail. We tried to go a couple of years ago, but it was closed due to falling debris. It reopened in July after renovations were completed.
The tunnel is 2.3 mi long (each way), and quite chilly inside. The boys had an awesome time, but I’m so glad we did this with friends. I don’t know if Avery would have been such a trooper without a buddy. Kieron enjoyed himself in the backpack. He fell asleep on the way out, and on the way back he spent much of the time making noises and listening to the echoes in the tunnel.
Last weekend we drove up to Bellingham to visit friends. We always look forward to our trips back to the town where we went to college, fell in love, and started a family. We visited as many of our favorite spots as we could with two little boys under tow.
As usual, Avery and Bjorn had a blast together. They went on bike rides, played on the slip ‘n slide and in the sand box, and ate all the currants from Jen & Oliver’s back yard. Notable conversations we overheard included one about where babies come from. Avery insisted you could buy them at the hospital, while Bjorn had a more accurate understanding of what goes on. Also, Bjorn, who believes the monsters from Where the Wild Things Are are not real, was surprised and alarmed when Avery told him they are in fact real, and live in the forest on nearby Lummi Island.
On Sunday, Jonathan met up with some co-workers at the Brewers by the Bay Beer Festival. He had a great time visiting with his coworkers who he doesn’t get to see often enough, and enjoyed sampling many of the great local microbrews.
Avery and Bjorn
Checking out the garden
So cute reading together at bedtime. Too bad they wouldn’t quit talking and go to sleep!
The lovely organic produce at the farmer’s market
The boys enjoyed a nice bike ride down by the water
Lindsey and Jennifer
Jonathan’s co-workers, Tom and Jayson
Vanessa and Tom
Here’s a fun video about Bellingham
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We didn’t get enough beautiful sunny days in June, but we did get a few. We spent this one in downtown Snoqualmie checking out the little shops and the railroad museum, and ended up at the brewery for lunch.
Here’s Avery hamming it up in front of a mural of some logging trucks
Someone got tired and took over the jogger
Almost walking!
Pointing out a dinosaur by the Snoqualmie River
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We met our good friends, Jen, Ollie, and their son, Bjorn, in Seattle one afternoon at the Pacific Science Center. Avery and Bjorn had a blast seeing each other and checking everything out.
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Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a month and a half since our last post! We do have a good excuse though. At the end of April we moved! We now reside in Snoqualmie, WA, about 25 min northeast of where we previously lived. Although it was bittersweet to leave our great neighbors and friends, we’re adjusting well. We love our new house, the neighborhood, and the town.
The move all happened very quickly. We’d been trying to sell our house for a long time with no success, and we finally admitted to ourselves that we weren’t going to be able to make the change we wanted to make unless we rented our house out. So on a whim we decided to post the house on Craigslist and see what happened. Within a week we had suitable tenants and were looking for a place to move into. Fortunately, the stars aligned just perfectly, and we found a house we all love in the area we wanted. So it was a very busy month or so, but now we’re all situated and enjoying our new digs.
Move-in day!
Everything ready to go
Avery enjoys a brownie after the house has been packed
Don’t forget the ice cream
Begin the unpacking!
The boys assemble some shelves
We moved Easter weekend, so we had an egg hunt in the new house while it was still empty
Move-in dinner: frozen pizza!
Avery couldn’t wait to take a bubble bath in the big tub
Playing at the park across the street
Our house is the brown one on the left
