You’ll have to excuse me from a two-plus month hiatus from blogging. Really, I’m not sure what I would have written about, aside from skiing, since that seems to be all we did this winter. And goodness was it fun! Our winter started early this year – November 3rd, to be exact. We got our …
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Winthrop Trip!
This year we celebrated Ben’s birthday in Winthrop, which is a small mountain town in the Methow Valley, Washington. It’s located in the North Cascade mountains. Winthrop is the Mecca for cross country skiing in the state. Their Nordic trails span the whole valley. I believe over 175 private land owners have agreed to have …
Mountain Day!
Last weekend Alex and I needed to go out to our mountain house to make some decisions, so we made a day out of it and brought both kids AND had some friends meet us out there. Just like our last big day trip, we had such a fun time. It’s getting harder and harder …
Weekend in Leavenworth
Alex’s parents were here for an extended visit to spend time with Ben and Hannah. We were excited to plan a weekend trip to Leavenworth and stay nextdoor to The Lodge so we could marvel at the landscape and the progress on our new vacation house. The weather was really nice and the company was …
Building the Lodge: The Guts
We’ve hit an exciting milestone – most of the “guts” of our mountain house are complete! We have plumbing, HVAC and electrical! It’s really cool walking through the house seeing what hides behind the walls. Two days before baby Hannah was born Alex and I made a day trip out to the house to do …
Building the Lodge: Framing Update
While we were camping over the weekend we made a couple trips over to The Lodge to check out how the framing progress was coming. It turns out they’re almost done with framing and it looks absolutely fantastic! It looks like a house, complete with a roof! It is so cool to see the building …
Our First Family Camping Trip
I’m not sure if we were crazy or just really optimistic when we booked our camping trip six months ago. In any case, we gave it a shot! We’ve been to Lake Wenatchee State Park several times and camped here once before. It’s a very family-friendly campground and we chose it in part because of …
Ben’s Second Birthday Celebration
For the second year in a row we headed out to Leavenworth for Memorial Day weekend with Ben’s grandparents to celebrate his birthday. It was such a special weekend for us and we’re so grateful that his grandparents were able to join us this year. The whole weekend was all about Ben! We had a …
Building the Lodge: The Hole
In the midst of a crazy week last week we got some unexpected news from our builder that he was breaking ground on our lot out in the mountains! We knew it was bound to happen sometime in the next month or two and were anxiously awaiting the news – it still caught us off …
Fun Family Weekend
It was so nice to have a low-key, stress-free weekend together as a family. We so love our time together and we savored some special moments this last weekend, just the three of us. Alex and I started the weekend with our Valentine’s dinner {a couple days late!} at Vendemmia, our favorite restaurant in our …